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Re:My first release since quitting my job: ShoveBox Mobile by jimbokun on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @12:02PM (#542009)
"I could have been taking more challenging and diverse courses if it weren't for that."

I find this to be the single biggest flaw with our current education system.

For too many employers, your entire educational experience is reduced to a scalar between 0 and 4. Even diving has a "degree of difficulty" in addition to how well you executed the dive. Shouldn't education have something similar?

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Re:My first release since quitting my job: ShoveBox Mobile by umjames on Wednesday April 01, 2009 @01:02PM (#542098)
I think to fix the education system, you have to fix the employment and hiring systems first. Unfortunately, a lot of people view college as a 4-year job-preparation institution instead of an institute of higher learning.

Then again, you could view the fact that more and more people are starting their own businesses as a potential solution. We're realizing that you don't need to wait to get "experience" or education, so if you can move faster than a traditional job or college, why not do so?

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