Re: Getting the Highest Grade on Midterms/Finals
 

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brag: have done it on 2 of the 3 tests I've had so far this semester

brag: no curve

beat: in a brutal downswing (mostly live) in poker

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This combo is pretty damn impressive. Looks like your head's screwed on straight enough for a bright future...

Re: Getting the Highest Grade on Midterms/Finals
 

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brag: graduated

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this is so not a brag

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Let me translate Kyle's brag...

Brag : No more loans

Additionally for my..

Brag : All my schooling is paid off
Brag : Graduated in 3 yrs w/ a EE degree
Variance : Don't use anything I learned in school for actual work anymore
Beat : am at work right now
Brag : Surf 2p2 all day at work

Beat : still want me some Chik-Fil-A

Re: Getting the Highest Grade on Midterms/Finals
 

After being in college, it's quite disappointing that as a society we rank it's importance for careers so high. The stuff you learn isn't really valid in most of the corporate world.

For instance, my Info Sys classes definitely taught me the basics of databases and coding and all that, however, I was completely trained to do bigger and better things when I started working.

Shouldn't colleges stop pushing prequisites and start pushing subject matter that is currently hot in the marketplace?

/end serious response imo afaik ldo ttyl tia

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Shouldn't colleges stop pushing prequisites and start pushing subject matter that is currently hot in the marketplace?

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Actually.. quite a few do, but w/out prerequisites, the subject matter taught may not be retained or may be "unlearnable" due to lack of base knowledge. Now for basic prereq gen-ed classes I agree. I mean why the eff was I required to take a history class when majoring in electrical engineering?

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After being in college, it's quite disappointing that as a society we rank it's importance for careers so high. The stuff you learn isn't really valid in most of the corporate world.

For instance, my Info Sys classes definitely taught me the basics of databases and coding and all that, however, I was completely trained to do bigger and better things when I started working.

Shouldn't colleges stop pushing prequisites and start pushing subject matter that is currently hot in the marketplace?

/end serious response imo afaik ldo ttyl tia

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I suspect that most of us don't major in a discipline that is subject to market influence. You know, liberal arts type stuff. Sure, my political science stuff isn't going to help me do some corporate lackey job. But at least I'll know how to think and write. I kind of like it that way.

For like finance and business majors though, why the hell are you paying for an education that isn't relevant?

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Shouldn't colleges stop pushing prequisites and start pushing subject matter that is currently hot in the marketplace?

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Some do, such as School of Hard Knocks. Do a summer internship while in school. Your post reminds me of Thornton Melon (Rodney Dangerfield) in Dr. Barbay's Economics class from the movie "Back to School":

Thornton Melon: Oh,you left out a bunch of stuff.
Dr. Phillip Barbay: Oh really? Like what for instance?
Thornton Melon: First of all you’re going to have to grease the local politicians for the sudden zoning problems that always come up. Then there's the kickbacks to the carpenters, and if you plan on using any cement in this building I'm sure the teamsters would like to have a little chat with ya...