• Digit@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    32·
    28 days ago

    I learned this much:

    I learned the education system is a lie.

    3 times they bait and switched me:

    1. From standard grade chemistry, promised to educate on chemistry, the whole periodic table, etc… Higher chemistry, they trained us to be industry drones, focusing on hydrocarbons only.

    2. From Art & Design 1st year college, promised to educate on art, all art… 2nd Year, knitting. (WTF).

    3. From Computer Art 2nd year college, promised to educate on all computer arts… 3rd year, web design. (WTF).

    I gave up on formal education after that (~ a decision that was further confirmed by other fails noticed in that last year).

    In the following year, I learned more on my own with an internet connection and a library card, than I had learned in the entire prior 14 years of formal “education”.

      • Pearl@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        27 days ago

        An A in Caluculus 2 for one school can be a C for another.

        This is why you get As in all the easy classes before transferring

    • kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      28 days ago

      I’ve learned the same, but I’ve concluded the following: there’s a proper path for everyone, but there aren’t enough educators to give proper guidance in finding your path. If you can and are willing, I would still recommend the formal education. It’s finding your own path of growth that’s the difficult part.

    • Kenny2999@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      28 days ago

      First day at the office dealing with all the narcistic sociopaths utilzing the knowhow of my doctorate in engineering.

      • JesusChristLover420@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        2·
        28 days ago

        Jesus is sad when you use slurs. He had narcissistic personality disorder, and he was still a really nice guy. His grandiosity earned him a lot of suffering in life, he was even killed by the state for it. Truly, it was a disability. But he was by no means a bad person; he taught kindness, charity, pacifism, and empathy. Also, he was a communist.

  • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
    14·
    28 days ago

    Surely there will always be a job market for people who know as much about chlorine-argon biosynthesis of semi-compatible carbon lattice polymers withinn a Larson-Chekov matrix as I do.

    15 years later: “Hm, we are actually looking for expertise with the Anderson-Palmer reagent matrix.”

      • bleistift2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        6·
        28 days ago

        I said what I said and I meant it. Use your mod privileges if you deem this inappropriate for this community.

        I do appreciate the warning shot, though.

  • HalfSalesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    28 days ago

    I feel like the downward trend after the peak is accelerated if you are specifically studying philosophy.

  • hedge_lord@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    27 days ago

    Is it grinding away at what little remains of my mental health? Yes! But it also allows me to do funny little experiments!!

    (and also no one would hire me… but I guess that means that I can stave off the soul-crushing capitalism-flavoured hell for a bit longer! I’m screwed anyway!)