Is College a Waste of Time?

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I was interested in the article then noticed a grammar error in the first minute. What a waste of my time.

mke1njb of WI 6:10PM April 16, 2013

Correction to last comment: "It's easy to offer less money to someone *without* a degree, because you know they don't have as many options."

C.J. of WA 2:00PM March 15, 2013

Correction in last comment: "It's easy to offer less money to someone *without* a degree, because you know they don't have as many options."

C.J. of WA 1:59PM March 15, 2013

If you skip college, you'll be taken advantage of for the rest of your career. As a hiring manager I know. It's easy to offer less money to someone with a degree, because you know they don't have as many options. Further, concluding that college sucks just because the author got a liberal arts degree is an overgeneralization. There are real disciplines out there that make real money, and attending college is the *easiest* way to get skilled in those fields.

C.J. of WA 1:58PM March 15, 2013

Thank you for this article! I completely agree with you 100%. I've been trying to tell people this very same thing about why college is a waste of time and money. Some get it, others don't. I dropped out of college [Graphic Arts and Design] after one year and thought "What a waste this is! They're trying to teach me skills I already have the talent for and on top of that, trying to teach me how to do it differently rather than what feels natural to me." I had better things to do, like work and make a name for myself. So I went off on my own and because I gave myself the time to build up my skills in the real world, I never had any problem finding an employer who viewed me for my level of skill and established work experience. Because of this, within 6 years it has brought me to a level where I am now in business for myself and never needed college to get there. Just think if I continued that course of college, I'd most likely be $100+K in debt, wasted 4+ years of my life and would of just been starting my journey. Not to mention, just coming out of college and answering ads for employment, they're going to start you out at the bottom because you have no real world experience yet.

KT of MN 2:17AM October 27, 2012

A bad "rap"?

of 7:26PM September 12, 2012

i spent 4 years in college. i graduated last December. the only job i could get was $10 an hour in manufacturing even though i received all As and Bs in my accounting courses. i am grateful that i was able to get a job but it does no good when my cash reserves are rapidly depleting with no surplus to replenish them. i will completely run out of money by February.
60k in debt. minimum expenses with only the library and free wifi for entertainment. no hope for a better job and certainly not an accounting job. think ill keep a few hundred in reserve to buy a cheap gun and a bullet for new-years eve.

david of SC 12:33PM September 06, 2012

college is a HUMAN trash can. they used to say that about the ARMY or AUSTRALIA. you develop the SKELS you need to compete. they are ALWAYS doing some slime ball trash LIKE in the movie the GRADUATE or ANIMAL HOUSE provokers or they RUN a WELFARE hotel. IT IS PURE TRASH. I always throw my COURSEs in the TRASH can. 90 percent of them are enemy DIVERSITY courses or MATH or SOME OTHER GARBAGE. what was that BILL again mr.carpertbagger SKEL commie third world sh*t hole you CREATED with DISEASE and DEBT.

johnny of NY 9:39AM September 06, 2012

It thought [sic] me to write in a very academic way.

JRT of CA 8:37AM February 01, 2012

At This Point In Life With This Current Economy I Feel Satisfied And Some Happiness About Not Attending College I Did Graduate From High School Thank God, Started Working As a Kid In 1972 And Havent Never Been Unemployed Still Currently Employed As Of Nov. 29th 2011, Succeeded By Working Hard In A Variety Of Recession Proof Careers In Retail And Transportation, So The Experience Have Paid Off More Than The Degree Would Have, Im Debt Free Own My Home Have A Good Condition 2000 Car And Truck Thats Paid For And A Healthy Checking Account So Yea Im Happy I Didnt Waste Time And Money Going To College To Pay For A Over Priced Degree.

G. Jones of LA 12:50PM November 29, 2011