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Originally posted by ajd40
Originally posted by Sarg01

School is overrated. I'm not sure I've used one thing I learned in college in my real job.

That's kind of hard to believe unless you are a supermodel?

Probably closer to the other end of the spectrum. I'm a network engineer. Almost everything they taught about it in college ended up being plain wrong (I majored in computer science), so basically worse than useless.

Besides, it's not really about what you know anyhow. It's about your ability to recognize that there's no such thing as an established authority on a subject - at least, not one that's correct more often than its wrong. That concept runs pretty foreign to the very concept of academia.

Originally posted by ajd40
Originally posted by Sarg01

School is overrated. I'm not sure I've used one thing I learned in college in my real job.

That's kind of hard to believe unless you are a supermodel?

Nah, he's right. I mean, I was an English major, I pretty much don't use what I learned in school. The issue is that you don't get the jobs without the schooling, even if it isn't applicable.

Originally posted by Sarg01
Originally posted by ajd40

Originally posted by Sarg01


School is overrated. I'm not sure I've used one thing I learned in college in my real job.

That's kind of hard to believe unless you are a supermodel?

Probably closer to the other end of the spectrum. I'm a network engineer. Almost everything they taught about it in college ended up being plain wrong (I majored in computer science), so basically worse than useless.

Besides, it's not really about what you know anyhow. It's about your ability to recognize that there's no such thing as an established authority on a subject - at least, not one that's correct more often than its wrong. That concept runs pretty foreign to the very concept of academia.

I tend to agree with this.
I was a Classics major, and it's served me perhaps 5 times in law school. It was nice to own that douchebag that thought he knew EVERYTHING about Greek political structure, but I digress.

This pretty much nails it; it teaches us to carfully examine multiple sources before coming to a decision. Law school's much different, though...

Originally posted by Brian the Stunt Bum
Originally posted by ajd40

Originally posted by Sarg01


School is overrated. I'm not sure I've used one thing I learned in college in my real job.

That's kind of hard to believe unless you are a supermodel?

Nah, he's right. I mean, I was an English major, I pretty much don't use what I learned in school. The issue is that you don't get the jobs without the schooling, even if it isn't applicable.

Hey, I got a degree in English as well. It serves me everyday. Im an Electrician. See the connection. (OK, maybe I don't use it).

Ralphie: Me fail english? That's unpossible!

Originally posted by Willam
Originally posted by Brian the Stunt Bum

Originally posted by ajd40


Originally posted by Sarg01



School is overrated. I'm not sure I've used one thing I learned in college in my real job.

That's kind of hard to believe unless you are a supermodel?

Nah, he's right. I mean, I was an English major, I pretty much don't use what I learned in school. The issue is that you don't get the jobs without the schooling, even if it isn't applicable.

Hey, I got a degree in English as well. It serves me everyday. Im an Electrician. See the connection. (OK, maybe I don't use it).

Ralphie: Me fail english? That's unpossible!

Well, you spelled electrician right! LOL

...and to all the English majors....is it I have an English degree or I got a degree in English?

Originally posted by ajd40
...and to all the English majors....is it I have an English degree or I got a degree in English?

Well, it's not I got a degree in English. You can say I have a degree in English. I mean, assuming you wanted both of your examples in the same tense.

unless he meant i acquired a degree in english in which case its ok just not very good.

Originally posted by knudlen
unless he meant i acquired a degree in english in which case its ok just not very good.

I never said I graduated, just that I got the degree...