Here's what I've gained. Your mileage may vary.
Disclosure:
1 year of business at a university back east. Dropped out to move to BC
Took a couple of classes at UBC and BCIT just to stay in the schooling mind
Completed a 2 year program in Operations Management at BCIT
Looking at university purely as job preparation is short sighted, but important. I'll tell you the difference in a conversation, attitude and knowledge is different between people that have been educated vs. those that have not.
That said, there are exceptions to every rule. I have met people that have a degree that are narrow minded and short sighted. I have met people without formal education that are smarter than most that have. But talking averages across the board, education in a formal setting opens your mind to new thinking processes and ways of handling problems and situations that you will be hard pressed to replicate alone. Hollywood my friend, is a poor substitute.
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i have learnt much more from watching movies, reading and going out and socializing then i ever would have inside a classroom.
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And, I'm sorry to do this, but:
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I have learned <omit> more from watching movies, reading and <omit>going out and socializing than I ever would have <learned>inside a classroom.
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See?
In regards to BCIT...I find it a passable option for a school choice, but I'd really have to sit and think about if I would complete a program there again. I find that my program was aimed at middle management positions with someone else looking over a greater area than you were educationally prepared to do.
I also found that my colleagues lacked a maturity that I found when I went to a full university. I still remember the silence of the classroom on my first day of classes without an instructor present. People just sat there and either read, or quietly talked among themselves. It was so eye opening compared to high school a short 2 months before.