Quote: (02-05-2013 07:07 PM)Nonpareil Wrote:
At the rate that the value of a college degree is declining while prices are rising, correlated with the increasing amount of women attending and the sharp uptick in female sluttiness, if I have a son in North America, I'm seriously considering saving cash and sending him to college with the sole intention of working on his game.
This is the only reason to go. It's the only reason I go. I do the bare minimum to get by in my community college so I can get into a full college, where I can also do the bare minimum to get by (thankfully, I'm EXCELLENT at bullshitting for As).
Return on investment, important majors, networking, that's all a load of bullshit. BULL SHIT. There is only one real question, one real important thing: will the post-graduation lifestyle you actually expect to get make you happy?
Unfortunately, for most, the answer is no. Busting my ass for $35-40k a year and expecting a new job every year or two, no thanks, not worth it. I'm goign to bang. That's it. Besides, game is a far more valuable skill, in interpersonal and social reactions, when applied, than some bs liberal arts degree.
Also, on tuition cost: this is a two-part issue. One, you point the finger at how loans drove up the price...we need a price cap. Those are loans. not grants. Loans have to be paid back. This is how the prices go up. You cap the tuition cost, say "can't charge more than this", and the overblown and raging college industry (it's an industry, and a very profitable one!) is suddenly forced to stay much more competitive. Two, saying "fuck the banks" pretty much is always the A+ guaranteed solution to a problem. I have yet to see anything that isn't solved by saying "fuck the banks".