Conversation

Notices

1. d (deprecated_ii@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 01:09:32 JST d
   good news guys, the system is fine actually
   
   any problems are in your imagination or the result of your own bad decisions
   • Rusty Crab (rustycrab@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 01:09:28 JST Rusty Crab

     in reply to

     • PurpCat (V2) (need more art)
     • KaiserKitty
     @PurpCat @KaiserKitty @deprecated_ii I mean yeah. All this is mental wankery in a real world system that's designed to make you fail if you're not in the in group
     xianc78 repeated this.
   • KaiserKitty (kaiserkitty@marsey.moe)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 01:09:28 JST KaiserKitty

     in reply to

     • Rusty Crab
     • PurpCat (V2) (need more art)
     That is exactly what I am saying tho. People get degrees but don't bother to network or do anything to stand apart. Your resume is now the real real degree. The whole system is just broken because Americans were delusional and thought everyone could become college educated and everyone could have a high paying job and no amount of loan forgiveness or trade schools will fix it.
   • PurpCat (V2) (need more art) (purpcat@marsey.moe)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 01:09:29 JST PurpCat (V2) (need more art)

     in reply to

     • Rusty Crab
     • KaiserKitty
     The real filter is being in the right polycule
   • d (deprecated_ii@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 01:09:30 JST d

     in reply to

     • Rusty Crab
     @RustyCrab the idea of college as job training should be destroyed
     
     if people want to go to college to study literature and join some gay nerd secret society, fine. but training in engineering and medicine should be more like an apprenticeship system, with only the foundational education handled in a classroom. that could be done in ~1 year, then move onto an assistant role where you're exposed to real projects and given increased responsibility over time
   • KaiserKitty (kaiserkitty@marsey.moe)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 01:09:30 JST KaiserKitty

     in reply to

     • Rusty Crab
     Thats what medical school and graduate level education are lmao. The bachelors system is just a very expensive filter to weed out people. This could easily be solved by having actual filter systems in schools where those who do well are the ones allowed to move on to higher ed rather then the US's no child left behind BS.
   • Rusty Crab (rustycrab@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 01:09:31 JST Rusty Crab

     in reply to

     • Rusty Crab
     @deprecated_ii I actually think you should *not* be free to choose a worthless degree since it harms literally everybody
   • Rusty Crab (rustycrab@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 01:09:32 JST Rusty Crab

     in reply to
     @deprecated_ii it's really just due to college becoming a commodity rather than a specialty. Probably 5% of people have the actual brain power to benefit from college. If it was just those 5% going then jobs would probably be a nonissue and therefore debt.
     
     This of course side stepping that colleges anymore are set up to just be mass brainwashing centers who offer basically no education except for those 5% who choose a difficult degree path