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stupid beyond all belief |
I only disagree in that were talking about todays world not how it used to be. There are a million coders out there and anyone who can google can find the solution to a million problems. Hell, this forum provides free advice to those who ask. Technology and information are so fast and avaialble that its no longer a skill rather a commodity. Supply and demand. College degrees are far to prevalent. What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke | |||
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Staring back from the abyss |
I've got to more or less agree with Black. There really is no substitute for a brick and mortar education. There is much more to an education than simply memorizing something out of a book. Getting up on time, physically going into a classroom and being there on time, in-person interpersonal interaction with physical people including your instructor, taking closed book exams and finishing within the allotted time, etc.... It is all part of the education that makes it a more well-rounded learning experience, and you do not get that from online courses. Yes, I have taken online courses. In fact, I dropped out of an online PhD program about ten years ago because, frankly, it was a hokey waste of my time. I applied to them because I felt that it would fit well with my life and my schedule at the time, but discovered that I didn't want to spend $30K teaching myself the material and the only thing that I would get out of it was a bill for $30K. I had this discussion with my daughter a year or so ago when she was entertaining signing up for an online nurse practitioner program. I discouraged her from doing so by asking a simple question: How many online medical schools are there, and why? Now, having said that, I do think there is a place for certain classes online. Basically anything that a student used to be able to CLEP. English comp, basic math, and other bonehead freshman coursework. Call me old-fashioned, it's a badge I wear with honor. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Sure, Stack Overflow is full of answers. It doesn't teach you how to think. Lots of crap code out there that are just copy/paste from google. -- I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. JALLEN 10/18/18 https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...610094844#7610094844 | |||
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