• Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Controversial opinion The point of college is NOT to prepare students to be “work ready” if that makes sense. The point of college is to give you the critical thinking skills necessary to be able to learn, grow, and make decisions on your own as an adult professional. Whatever technical knowledge carries over to your job is just a bonus.

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      1 hour ago

      Laudable goal, but whatever they’re doing isn’t working based on some of the graduates I’ve known.

    • 𝕲𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍🔻𝕯𝖃 (he/him)@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      Gradeschool is supposed to do that. That’s 12-14 years of a person’s life. If you’re not ready to be an adult by highschool graduation, then the system failed you.

      (oh look at the system failing over and over and over again)