I have one year in high school left coming up this fall. After that, I'm headed off to college. So I'm wondering What for you is the best part about college?
To make a long story short, and allow for subjectivity that might extend my own opinions...I do firmly believe that you will get out of college what you want out of it.
For the vast majority of careers, College isn't about getting an education. It is about completing a check mark and proving that one can follow rules for 4/5 years. It is a giant game
I probably sound like a huge nerd right now, but I'm really applying myself work-wise during this first year in college. Afterwards, I'm transferring out (and I want to ensure that I get into the place I want, hence why I'm applying myself). The girls up here are awful anyways. I'm not missing anything.
Essentially it's having a good time while getting an education for a career you possibly want to pursue in. If you're not a heavy drinker/hard party type, don't worry. Only like 30% of college kids do that continuously(for lack of a better word that i cant think of...).
our educational system is based on the model developed in Germany in the mid-19th century designed to build a better soldier. Listen, memorize, repeat. It is pointless, and if you're one who (like me) can't just regurgitate without interpreting and modifying ideas and concepts, it is beyond frustrating.
I agree with Jigga on this. One can party hard, more easily pursue serious paths with women, or whatever, in college. It is what you make it (kind of tacky but true :]).
That actually hasn't been my primary experience, thankfully. Maybe I've been lucky, but my teachers strive to impart general concepts and ideas supplemented with necessary facts, rather than just rely on route memorization.
Hey, as long as that little certificate gets me $$$$, that's all that really matters. No I'm not normally this shallow by the way. :[ Yeah I've had some decent professors too.
Im at art school so my experience is a little different, My classes consist of two photography, one film and one sound art (experimantal music). Yes thats correct, no theory, no essays, nothing like that. My experience is creating photographs, short films and music, making use of the facilities and equipment (there is heaps of equipment, like cameras, video cameras, recording stuff, a recording studio, sound computer lab, the latest mac's, studio lighting, an animation lab with different animating machines, smoke machines, all kinds of little random things that, if you make good use of them, can make your art works a million times better!) And the lecturers are great to, they always email you about gigs and stuff, take you out for drinks, its so great. So you can probably tell that im pretty positive about my studies at university. Plus my girlfriend is in the same course as me, she is in three out of four of my classes, which has worked out really well, it means we can spend alot of time together, collaborate on projects, combine our passions for art and all that stuff, so yeah its fantastic, and you make great friends that love all the same things you do!
