REVscene Automotive Forum - View Single Post - anyone feel university is massively overrated?

hchang · 06-27-2013, 01:54 PM

Yup totally overrated.

Have you wondered where the concept of post secondary came from? Because it sure didn't exist since the beginning of time. Research it, you'll be quite fascinated and realize how little you really know.

Not knocking on universities but the concept of getting a good education then getting a good job worked in our grandparents generation, and maybe our parents generation. But times have changed. Look at how much tuition fees have rose over the past decade. It's no longer about education it's about the universities milking as much money as they can out of the herd of sheep. Did you know that student loan debt is the biggest business out there and that student loan debts is the only debt you can't walk away from even if you declare bankruptcy?

Being Asian that was all that I heard growing up as well. "Get into a good school and get a good job" over and over and over again. But where does that take you? Brings you into a cubicle for 40-60 years of your life (if you're lucky and can find a job in the field you studied in) And now you're letting a boss or manager dictate what time you have to wake up to get to work what time you can have a coffee break what time you can eat lunch what time you can go home what kind of car you drive and when you can take your vacation.

You'll never meet anybody "rich" who has a job it's always a business owner or an owner of something that is rich. Post secondary teaches you to work for somebody rich, take orders, be submissive and not question authority. " Don't let school interfere with education." Think hard about that quote.

My piece of advice is to check the fruit on the tree before you take the advice. Whoever you guys are asking advice from make sure they have what you want first, just because a professor has a degree to teach business doesn't mean they are good in business themselves, otherwise why are they teaching? Would you trust a personal trainer who's fat? Would you ask your grandma for football advice? Would you trust a woodwork teacher who only has 9 fingers?

We've all been brainwashed, take a second to really think about it.
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hchang I wish I was where I was when I wished I was here Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: West Coast Posts: 4,932 Thanked 3,098 Times in 733 Posts Failed 703 Times in 219 Posts	Yup totally overrated. Have you wondered where the concept of post secondary came from? Because it sure didn't exist since the beginning of time. Research it, you'll be quite fascinated and realize how little you really know. Not knocking on universities but the concept of getting a good education then getting a good job worked in our grandparents generation, and maybe our parents generation. But times have changed. Look at how much tuition fees have rose over the past decade. It's no longer about education it's about the universities milking as much money as they can out of the herd of sheep. Did you know that student loan debt is the biggest business out there and that student loan debts is the only debt you can't walk away from even if you declare bankruptcy? Being Asian that was all that I heard growing up as well. "Get into a good school and get a good job" over and over and over again. But where does that take you? Brings you into a cubicle for 40-60 years of your life (if you're lucky and can find a job in the field you studied in) And now you're letting a boss or manager dictate what time you have to wake up to get to work what time you can have a coffee break what time you can eat lunch what time you can go home what kind of car you drive and when you can take your vacation. You'll never meet anybody "rich" who has a job it's always a business owner or an owner of something that is rich. Post secondary teaches you to work for somebody rich, take orders, be submissive and not question authority. " Don't let school interfere with education." Think hard about that quote. My piece of advice is to check the fruit on the tree before you take the advice. Whoever you guys are asking advice from make sure they have what you want first, just because a professor has a degree to teach business doesn't mean they are good in business themselves, otherwise why are they teaching? Would you trust a personal trainer who's fat? Would you ask your grandma for football advice? Would you trust a woodwork teacher who only has 9 fingers? We've all been brainwashed, take a second to really think about it. Posted via RS Mobile Last edited by hchang; 07-27-2013 at 09:20 PM.