tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post5262960316125356591..comments2024-02-15T11:55:02.998-08:00Comments on Why Homeschool: It soon may make cents not to go to collegeHenry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-63981261327578601512009-11-19T02:06:07.698-08:002009-11-19T02:06:07.698-08:00I fully agree with Henry why should we spend aroun...I fully agree with Henry why should we spend around $80,000 and sheet of paper which represent more reputed than real learning <br /><br />It's totally waste of moneycommunity collegehttp://www.centennialcollege.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-1988677657647130312008-04-17T11:29:00.000-07:002008-04-17T11:29:00.000-07:00First of all, college costs have risen and $50,000...First of all, college costs have risen and $50,000 and even $80,000 will take care of perhaps 2 years for tuition alone. In a moderately priced college, one can easily expect to spend on tuition alone around $100,000 for 4 years, now add room and board and if renting privately near a college, another $10,000 per year, add food, gas, etc. Colleges today offer ridiculous degrees in just about everything, and offer elective courses that are equally useless, expensive, and will earn no credit if taken elsewhere. My concern as this relates to the argument that 'competition' in public and pre-college education will lead to better education, does not hold true for me. Colleges that accept government funding are subject to control at the whims of government agencies and competition is left in the dust. There is no real competition and the tuition costs do not vary much, except perhaps in State universities. Formal college education is good for academic work, certain sciences and other areas where degrees are required, and in those areas, the requirements and certificates, have run amok. Too many students graduate with a degree and have learned very little - not everyone is college material -- we need more trade schools that incorporate some basic communication, reading, and writing, skills.opelskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740979875545411754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-75364013528976484592008-04-14T15:03:00.000-07:002008-04-14T15:03:00.000-07:00"But I'm not interested in wasting $80,000 on a sh..."But I'm not interested in wasting $80,000 on a sheet of paper that represents more reputation than real learning."<BR/><BR/>This is the key distinction that many people miss: there is a difference between getting an education and getting a certificate. In our society many people seem to that that the Wizard of Oz is true, if you have a piece of people, you have an education.Henry Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-28645917115357967582008-04-14T14:50:00.000-07:002008-04-14T14:50:00.000-07:00I think it is also worth differentiating between t...I think it is also worth differentiating between the value of particular coursework or research and certain degrees. If I were an employer, there are certain degrees that I would really have to question (most of them include the word "studies"). I would wonder what marketable skills a graduate with this degree actually learned.<BR/>I'm not ready to totally rule out my kids getting a degree. Their parents each have a couple. But I'm not interested in wasting $80,000 on a sheet of paper that represents more reputation than real learning.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04009107720601931341noreply@blogger.com