College Degrees

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no need for a college degree when there is an infinite amount of knowledge on the internet.


If one wants to learn, one can.


look at me.
 
PeacockBass said:
no need for a college degree when there is an infinite amount of knowledge on the internet.


If one wants to learn, one can.


look at me.
Yeah look at you... :grinyes:

Finishing any type of school, college or trade prepares you for the challenges at work, and even apply it to daily living. You will definitely need to know research if you are going to search the internet. Be able to calculate, and to solve problems. Poise and composure is also positive, in order to live in a social world. To be able to see the big picture so that you can have a better understanding of what surrounds you. Best of the best is to be able to handle difficult situations when needed. True colors of a person shows in difficulty, and not when he is having fun.
 
I disagree, atleast here in the USA. finishing anytype of school does not prepare you for living. Depending on the actual curriculum, most just teach you a certain subject.

"You will definitely need to know research if you are going to search the internet. "

yes this is true, and I should hope everyone has this skill. knowing how to research is common sense.

"Be able to calculate, and to solve problems"

that comes with IQ.


poise and composure is hard to find, atleast in my experience. people think to much with their emotions and morals.


"To be able to see the big picture so that you can have a better understanding of what surrounds you."

yes, correct. but in modern society this is farfetched and people are to closeminded. basically ignorant. in my experience people dont like to learn anything more then what they feel they "need" to know.


"True colors of a person shows in difficulty, and not when he is having fun."

incorrect, everything a person does can be considered "true colors", it is human nature.. what happens in a difficult time is their reaction to that experience. just as their reaction to having a fun experience.
 
PeacockBass said:
no need for a college degree when there is an infinite amount of knowledge on the internet.


If one wants to learn, one can.


look at me.

You may not need a degree to learn about the fish but if you want a decent job involved with fish you are going to have to have a degree. They aren't going to except your internet research or fishkeeping over a degree.
 
sandtiger said:
You may not need a degree to learn about the fish but if you want a decent job involved with fish you are going to have to have a degree. They aren't going to except your internet research or fishkeeping over a degree.


depends. If you talk to the right person and show them that you are above their employees knowledge wise, you can get the job.

there are always ways around it.



but generally, to even score an interview at a certain highranked position, you need a cert/degree.
 
The number 1 things that employers look for are communications skills. :)

College degrees are absolutely necessary unless you have a great network of people who can pull strings for you and get you the job you want, but that's not always the easiest way of getting the job. People def. look at college degrees as a top priority for certain positions. :)
 
PeacockBass said:
I disagree, atleast here in the USA. finishing anytype of school does not prepare you for living. Depending on the actual curriculum, most just teach you a certain subject.

"You will definitely need to know research if you are going to search the internet. "

yes this is true, and I should hope everyone has this skill. knowing how to research is common sense.

This is a skill, not a common sense. People are not born know how to research on the internet.

"Be able to calculate, and to solve problems"

that comes with IQ.

Not true. Everyone is not born with this skill. It has to be learned. When you were born, you did not know how to add or subtract in mathematics.

poise and composure is hard to find, atleast in my experience. people think to much with their emotions and morals.

College and life experience teaches you these skills. They kinda go hand in hand with having true colors of yourself.


"To be able to see the big picture so that you can have a better understanding of what surrounds you."

yes, correct. but in modern society this is farfetched and people are to closeminded. basically ignorant. in my experience people dont like to learn anything more then what they feel they "need" to know.

Don't associated yourself with "close minded" people. I am sure someone as smart as you is aware of the process called osmosis. People only listen to someone who has something worth listening to.


"True colors of a person shows in difficulty, and not when he is having fun."

incorrect, everything a person does can be considered "true colors", it is human nature.. what happens in a difficult time is their reaction to that experience. just as their reaction to having a fun experience.

I think you misunderstood. People that does not get consumed with their feelings and emotions are able to withstand hardships they go through in life. This comes by teachings from people that have experience multitudes of problems.

And having a college degree is important when you want to apply for a position higher than a clerk, i.e., VP of operations, Manager of R&D, Chief Financial Officer, etc... You can't get these jobs, if you only finish an internet class in real estate. :)

:naughty:
 
Benfica540 said:
The number 1 things that employers look for are communications skills. :)

College degrees are absolutely necessary unless you have a great network of people who can pull strings for you and get you the job you want, but that's not always the easiest way of getting the job. People def. look at college degrees as a top priority for certain positions. :)

Yup, I agree. It is very hard to get a job with a degree under your belt. Positions in marine bio, aquatic science, icthyology are all not in very high depand. People that do get the job normally don't leave it till they retire.
I know that many fish hatcherys won't hire someone without at least a years experiance on a fish farm, no matter how much you know. Sure, there are rare cases where people have connections but these are rare.

Peacockbass, what connections do you have?
 
I would have to agree. Esp. in Marine Bio I was going to go into that field untill everyone I talked to told me not to, alot of my friends got majors and some went to grad school and moved up the chain getting this and that for Marine Bio and they are still working in west palm beach as waitresses and one if a flight attdendant... def. not a high demand job.

I am already in the process on working to my gen aa degree, then its off to a Bio Major, so then after that I can get my junk and either teach science's or I can go into an informational field at an aquarium, then if that doesnt do me well, I can always go back and take the mcat and go to med school, or go back and try something for the enviromental sciences or FL ecosystem sciences... whatever, get a job in a lab... something.
 
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