I start university today!!

[Hoodoo]

Best of luck with it!

 

[The Lord Poncho]

Education is overrated

That depends what you want to do with your life. For some, formal education is a necessity, for others it's not. We all have different needs. Apart from enabling me to have the job I currently hold (i.e. it was a stepping stone), my time at university was a massive education in life skills which far outstrip the benefit I gained from the 'formal education' element.

Rich- all the best. Get stuck into everything it will offer- and not just the lectures!

 

[oldtimer]

Education is overrated

It is not until you are educated that you know how ignorant you are. Other people know of course.

 

[Noddy]

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[Hoodoo]

and trick people into thinking I was obviously cleverer than them ....

You might want to consider a refresher course in that one.

 

[John Fenna]

You might want to consider a refresher course in that one.

PMSL!
Education comes in many forms ... formal and casual are just two broad catagories....

 

[Noddy]

You might want to consider a refresher course in that one.

Yes, that wasn't very well put was it

 

[Kepis]

You might want to consider a refresher course in that one.

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[chris_irwin]

Who would want to know how ignorant they are? Sounds masochistic

All I really got from rather more than a decade of extensive university education was informal instruction on how to drink loads, chat people up and trick people into thinking I was obviously cleverer than them .... which I think I had a rough idea about before I went

One thing an education gives you is the ability not to overrate it

It is a hoot though, I got to say

Don't tar everyone with the same brush. Your time at university might have been useless, but mine taught me a great deal and landed me a good job that I would not have got otherwise.

Good luck Rich, I'm sure it will be an invaluable experience.

 

[Noddy]

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[outdoorpaddy]

Lets keep to the point of this thread guys. Good Luck! just started a week ago doing forestry at University College Dublin and so far so good! What/where are you studying?

paddy

 

[chris_irwin]

Useless? Who said anything about useless - just overrated, and certainly nothing to be scared about or worried by

I have rather the opposite problem to you, chris-irwin, mine is that if I hadn't gone to university I wouldn't have the job I do now.

Fair enough, perhaps I misunderstood your post

 

[Tengu]

Oh, Im so jealous!

Me, Im stuck in nursery school (this will be my third year in college.)

I hope to go to Uni one day...

 

[Laurentius]

Good luck, I started at University as a mature student 6 years ago, and I am still there spending an eternity on my doctorate.

 

[rik_uk3]

Another mature student here, embrace your time in university, stick to your deadlines and make sure you make time for fun, you'll have a ball.