I think I know why this conversation is confusing me -- in Canada, colleges and universities are different animals. You go to college for a targeted, practical education. You go to university to acquire letters to place behind your name on your resume.
-Aaron -----Original Message----- From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: Talk about crap Date: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:07 pm Size: 1K To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> David Savage wrote: >At 07:35 AM 27/07/2006, William Robb wrote: > >>From: "keith_w" >> >> > I expect, no demand, that any education I pay for is valid and of use, not >> > some pap that must be discarded later because not only isn't it true, but >> > it >> > runs against logic and science. Junk... >> >>Then send him to trade school, not university. >>We need people to make the mundane stuff like houses more than we need >>another crop of university educated buffoons. > >Too true. > >At the moment a good tradesman (Electrician, carpenter, welder, fitter & >turner etc.) can make more than any university educated fast food technician. Speaking as a newly-inducted member of academia and the teaching staff of a university... I agree completely. You should go to a college/university to learn about something if the goal of your learning is *learning*. If the goal of your learning is getting a job, go to trade school because it's a situation in which everyone wins: Your future employer wins, the trade school you go to wins and the university you don't go to wins. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
