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Yes... skills > college

But

skills + college > just skills

I have been teaching undergrad freshmen for over a decade. I teach the calculus sequence to future engineers. They become more intelligent through the process. They learn to read technical writing, access and understand primary resources, develop logical flow, and learn discernment. My primary objective is for my students to be able to think critically for themselves and make informed decisions based on their personal values. I do not provide engineering job training. All my students know this.

Undergrad courses that forever changed me and influence my teaching:

The Comic Spirit

The Philosophy of Logic

Nonverbal Communication

Physical Anthropology

Calculus sequence

Math Analysis

Topology

Knot Theory and its Applications

Fitness For Living

I went to college a basic bitch and came out thinking deeply about the world and how to live a better life. I went to a cheap ass state school and that is where I work.

“College is useless” is too general a statement to be true.

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YS 🫂 3mo ago

💯 people without a college degree simply can't get it.

Drea 3mo ago

Its always people who dropped out or didnt go who say it was useless. The others do not understand undergrad builds intellect, not skills. You learn job skills on the job.

Anhern Sarsalor [IQ: 102] 3mo ago

Which is all something you can learn without going to college.

Drea 3mo ago

Sure sure. My degrees are the best investment of time and money I have ever made, though. Pretty sure my life would suck real bad had I not gone to college.

Anhern Sarsalor [IQ: 102] 3mo ago

What are your degrees in?

I don't think that reading Applied Mathematics and taking physics classes has helped me in the real world.

Drea 3mo ago

I think maybe you did not understand my original reply. You do not typically use the content of undergrad courses directly in the “real world”. You become more generally intelligent by studying. Just like you wont bench press weight outside the gym but you benefit from the exercise in the gym. The exercises help you build muscles you use outside the gym. You use your intellect outside the University. You can exercise without the gym and you can build your intellect outside University, they are just very useful options. A Masters or PhD would be the deeper study of specific content.

Anhern Sarsalor [IQ: 102] 3mo ago

And I'm telling you that having read applied mathematics at one of the best universities in the world, I wish I didn't.

I don't think I have improved my intelligence by having gone through it, and when I meet recent graduates (especially Americans) I'm always in amazement about how little they know about life.

Drea 3mo ago

Good for you! Not everyone needs a gym membership either. So dont buy one. But we shouldnt tell people the gym is a waste of money and time. Gives people the false perception they do not need to take care of themselves. Same goes for learning.

People should really spend more time considering if they should go to college, where they should go, and what they should do once they get there. Instead of being confused about why they are studying the courses they are studying.