“Yo I peaced out right after my third semester/then every single day I must have heard a lecture/ain’t no way you gon make it if you don’t go to school/it’s been 6 whole months and we aint seen you on the tube”-Phella “No No No“
Look I have absolutely nothing against people in school. I have nothing against education, as a matter of fact I believe in education more than probably anything else in the world. That’s why I talk/listen so much. I want to let people know what I think and get their thoughts in return. My problem is this notion that college is the “only way” or the “best way”. I think situations should be assessed on an individual basis.
Coming from an African family, this debate over college or no college is a very frequent one. I would really like to know where everyone in the blogosphere stands on this and why. Feel free to email or comment anonymous if you want.
Video was jacked from RealTalkNY by the way.
On a related note, with The Firm we get a ton of inquiries from people wanting to work with us or intern. Most people just submit pages and pages of their resume and what degrees they’ve attained. Unfortunately that doesn’t necessarily speak to what kind of person you are and what kind of character you have. In addition to your scholastic accomplishments please include some general insight about your personality, what motivates you etc…
Yeah i’m gonna have to paraphase Kanye (post College Dropout) on that issue. “You use school, don’t let it use you.” It’s all about the individual. For the people that love the college life (for whatever reason), they would be using the school to the fullest. That also goes for people who feel like they have to like it (elder pressure). For the people that didn’t like it as much and felt like universities are just big businesses (I included), we’ll feel like school is using us. So that’s where the non-conformity starts…which is sometimes a great way to know what you really want. Everyone’s different.
Very well said. I know I definitely got used by that big business, but like you said everyone’s different.
Undergrad wasnt a choice for me. It was expected and it was being paid for so I didn’t really have any complaints beforehand. I actually really wanted to go. But it isnt until now that I’m realizing just how unprepared I am for the things that are being thrown my way, simply because they weren’t in the textbook. It bothers me sometimes but I honestly think that, especially in journalism… college is more of a formality than it is a knowledge boost. Ask me what I remember most about the experience and I’ll tell you: “Everybody is NOT your friend”. But if you want to know about speech disorders and the first television station to air the whatchamacallit on the thingie, I’ll be giving you the blank stare. Then I’ll change the topic to something like food. Why? Because I’m hungry right now. :]
Hahaa Simone, always with the clever and the funny. You do learn a lot of life lessons and about different types of people…that I won’t argue. As for actual knowledge,I think most people can save themselves the $30,000 a year and go to Google.com for free. But like you said it’s more of a formality.
I agree. some people go to college with no true aspirations and end up paying $130,000 just to make $30,000 a year and live pay check to pay check instead of actually promote their creativity and challenge themselves. ahhhh…social constructs…they suck ass
@ Princess Katrina…the numbers truly don’t add up in most cases but God forbid you point it out, you’ll be crucified by conformists..what can you do?