Just my experiences with it so far.
Go as follows:
Tuition going up.
I don't understand what the fuck is up with some people but they believe that raising tuition while the economy sinks is a good idea... Umm, no guys stop it us college students are not money factories. I know the article is a bit old but it's still happening as far as I know. http://media.www.thebrownandwhite.com/media/storage/paper1233/news/2008/11/21/News/College.Tuition.Rising.As.The.Economy.Sinks-3554930.shtml
Different grading styles.
Some teachers take it upon themselves to make different grading scales that sometimes are not fair at all. For sake of example one of my teachers grades as follows: 100-90=A 89-85=B 84-70=C 69-65=D 64-0=F. To me that's total crap while some teachers are more lenient. The colleges should take it upon themselves to make standard grading scales.
Douchbags that have yet to get over high school.
Now these people really bug the shit out of me. I mean seriously you graduated! GROW UP! Some keep the same stupid fashion trends as HS, but worst of them all is they keep the same mentality as HS. An example is one of my teachers is having us do a 25 minute speech with a partner(s) and the fuckers I got stuck demand we debate about things that high school kids talk about all the time or debate about. Abortion comes to mind very, very quickly. I know the media hits on this a lot but by Christ, high school kids use it way too much. I could keep going on about these morons but I'd start getting mean... And I mean really, really mean.
The usefulness of the degree.
Now this is going to sound really cynical but with the economy tanking, jobs getting harder to find the college degree currently is just a piece of paper. Once the economy picks back up and jobs are easier to get the degree will be worth more. I go on to prove my point; jobs that involve physical labor don't require a degree and are relatively easy to come (I'm making no assumptions that physical labor people are stupid because I've know quite a few who are pretty smart) by while cubicle jobs require a degree of some sort is are harder to get because the people are staying there in fear of getting laid off (a.k.a. fired) requiring them to try really hard to find a job that they can use their $12,000 piece of paper with. Did any of that make any sense? I realize there are some inherent flaws in that argument please feel free to state them to me.
Now I like some aspects of college a lot:
These I'm just going to list because I'm feeling pretty lazy: upper level education, not out of date books, intelligent people, customizable schedules, and the women.
Go as follows:
Tuition going up.
I don't understand what the fuck is up with some people but they believe that raising tuition while the economy sinks is a good idea... Umm, no guys stop it us college students are not money factories. I know the article is a bit old but it's still happening as far as I know. http://media.www.thebrownandwhite.com/media/storage/paper1233/news/2008/11/21/News/College.Tuition.Rising.As.The.Economy.Sinks-3554930.shtml
Different grading styles.
Some teachers take it upon themselves to make different grading scales that sometimes are not fair at all. For sake of example one of my teachers grades as follows: 100-90=A 89-85=B 84-70=C 69-65=D 64-0=F. To me that's total crap while some teachers are more lenient. The colleges should take it upon themselves to make standard grading scales.
Douchbags that have yet to get over high school.
Now these people really bug the shit out of me. I mean seriously you graduated! GROW UP! Some keep the same stupid fashion trends as HS, but worst of them all is they keep the same mentality as HS. An example is one of my teachers is having us do a 25 minute speech with a partner(s) and the fuckers I got stuck demand we debate about things that high school kids talk about all the time or debate about. Abortion comes to mind very, very quickly. I know the media hits on this a lot but by Christ, high school kids use it way too much. I could keep going on about these morons but I'd start getting mean... And I mean really, really mean.
The usefulness of the degree.
Now this is going to sound really cynical but with the economy tanking, jobs getting harder to find the college degree currently is just a piece of paper. Once the economy picks back up and jobs are easier to get the degree will be worth more. I go on to prove my point; jobs that involve physical labor don't require a degree and are relatively easy to come (I'm making no assumptions that physical labor people are stupid because I've know quite a few who are pretty smart) by while cubicle jobs require a degree of some sort is are harder to get because the people are staying there in fear of getting laid off (a.k.a. fired) requiring them to try really hard to find a job that they can use their $12,000 piece of paper with. Did any of that make any sense? I realize there are some inherent flaws in that argument please feel free to state them to me.
Now I like some aspects of college a lot:
These I'm just going to list because I'm feeling pretty lazy: upper level education, not out of date books, intelligent people, customizable schedules, and the women.