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42 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 2 Sep \ parent \ on: Is college (university) still worth it in the era of AI? AskSN
So you didn't feel like it was a good use of time? Were you able to translate your college experience into your goals with regard to writing?
No. I would have been far better off trying to build a company or working construction for a few years. The reading and writing could have been done while doing those things, and they have the advantage of not feeling like artificial life.
On the other hand, I met my wife in college. And that has certainly been a major benefit to my life.
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This will never happen, but college departments of fields that don't have as much immediate market demand should communicate more clearly to their students how they should view their education. I think learning to read and write, both creatively and technically, is a very worthwhile endeavor, but students need to be told realistically that those skills alone are unlikely to translate into stable jobs, and they should be taught how to pursue writing ( or any other artistic endeavor) alongside other work. Not sure if that's done enough, and these fields have every incentive not to be realistic with their students about job prospects.
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I taught pre-college math for a while and I was honest with my students about how low the completion rates were for students starting in those classes.
I thought that was something advisors were derelict in and they thought I was being discouraging.
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