Is "radical" good or bad.

[*michaelsean*]

(06-06-2019, 11:10 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: Well, I think they want a degree in something that interests them. And then when they graduate, they realize there are no jobs for that degree and now are just applying for jobs they think they can do and hope they can impress in the interview.

It's a lot to ask 17 year olds to make a commitment to a certain degree that will affect the rest of their lives.

As far as comparing a college graduate to a person that has supported themselves since 18, all I can say is that getting a college degree is still difficult. It takes discipline and intelligence. The amount of which is heavily dependent on the degree, of course. You also learn to use tools like Excel, Word and give presentations and develop a variety of skills that a lot of companies value just through getting that degree. The self sufficient person may be really good at budgeting and values hard work, but they may not have the baseline tools needed to work in an office setting. This is a generalization, of course. Non-college educated people can obviously learn those things. But if I've learned anything through my career, it's that companies are not a fan of actually having to teach their employees how to do things. They want the fully finished product at hiring.

Also, the stereotype of partying for four years never really identified with me, personally. Granted, I was an engineer, so that may mean my degree was "harder" than, say, a business or communications degree.

Yes an engineering student is a whole different thing.  And there are other majors.  My nephew went into computer engineering, and I didn't even understand the title of his classes.