the point i think should be made is that employers are morons. a fancy looking piece of paper or if your lucky enough, a recommendation from some industry big-shot you happened to talk to on the bus or whatever carry far more weight with employers than they should. EVERYONE, teachers, staff, graduates, or whatever at my college pretty much addmitted that i wasnt there to learn or even to get a degree, but to network with everyone in the 'biz' because having met virtually anyone mildly important was the best qualifier you could have. they all jump at the sight of potential signs of talent and dedication because theyre the most obvious signs, and real talented and dedicated grads get passed up in favor of some guy who got lucky. more and more its made apparent to me just how little a college 'education' signifies, as more and more of the supposedly experienced and highly qualified industry leaders of america make decisions so short-sighted they might as well be blind.
someone posted how all of school is just to get into higher levels of school, and all throughout the reason is never to actually learn anything. ultimately, you get that better paying job from college pretty much just to pay off loans you made while bloody going to college. i think if you dont have some personal reason, and a damn good one, college sure as hell aint gonna be worth it nowadays. thats exactly why i dropped, having only ever gone because i had jack else to do and its what my family has been pestering me to do my whole life. of course only one of them went to college, and lo and behold, it was to be a nurse.
college is considered the standard, while military is seen as what hopeless losers fall back on...well in the navy ive got job security, all the money i could need, room and board, and a better resume (you had dinner with jon carmack? i went to boot camp, they KNOW im reliable) should i ever choose to get into the civilian work force. fuck college.