RE: What is it about America? Does America's education system just suck?
March 27, 2012 at 9:14 am
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2012 at 9:17 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Oh education is highly valued here, just ask the guy collecting tuition fees...lol. The problem is that education (like any commodity) is treated as priceless when you're the one selling it, and worthless when you're the one buying it. I never finished my degree, due to a combination of a lack of funds to proceed and a less than pleasant projection of the return on my investment. It's not even completely accurate to say that I don't have the cash to buy that piece of paper, I simply can't justify doing so with so many other uses for that particular resource. My money makes me more money than a college degree is likely to, and college is too expensive for me to pick up as a hobby, presently.
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