College Opportunity Options

[BamBamBoogie]

Should there be a tuition for college? Some say that it discriminates against those who lack opportunities and financial stability. While others say it prepares you for a society where nothing is free. What do you say?

[brooklyneast05]

idk it's not that hard to understand. you said degrees are overrated because people still make mistakes despite having them. she said basically that that's irrelevant because degrees never equaled no mistakes to begin with.


either way, i don't see how a degree would be overrated. it makes perfect sense to me why someone would want them and why people hiring would prefer them. 9 times out of 10 i would probably never hire someone just on their good word when i had someone else showing documentation of their study and experience.

[-DressYourEyelid...]

idk it's not that hard to understand. you said degrees are overrated because people still make mistakes despite having them. she said basically that that's irrelevant because degrees never equaled no mistakes to begin with.
either way, i don't see how a degree would be overrated. it makes perfect sense to me why someone would want them and why people hiring would prefer them. 9 times out of 10 i would probably never hire someone just on their good word when i had someone else showing documentation of their study and experience.

i understand, but still, too much value is put on these diplomas and qualifications, and not enough on the people themselves.
i've had a stroke due to the idotic decision of my surgeon, who is beyond "qualified". if he actually had any brains, that would have been avoided, and my wellbeing wouldn't have been put at stake.

[sixfive]

i understand, but still, too much value is put on these diplomas and qualifications, and not enough on the people themselves.
i've had a stroke due to the idotic decision of my surgeon, who is beyond "qualified". if he actually had any brains, that would have been avoided, and my wellbeing wouldn't have been put at stake.

So how would you go about determining if the person was qualified? What would prove qualifications better than degrees? Experience? How are you going to get hired based on experience if you have no experience? That's where degrees come into play. Also, just having a degree doesn't mean that you were able to learn what you needed to be adequate at your job. It shows that you committed two/four/six/seven/eight years of your life to higher learning and that you can in fact commit to something for more than say, a few months. That's why people with degrees that don't pertain to the job they're applying for can get hired for that job. The degree you have won't tell you how to do that job better no matter how much you learn. Congrats you have a degree in economics, but every company has their own way of doing things, their way of running things. You can be trained.