NEWSFLASH- Students learn nothing in college

MrMatisse

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/01/24/does-college-make-you-smarter

Who knew?

stevejr

I learned how to drink and shag properly...time well spent.

phasers

I didn't cos I went to college.

smk89

NEWSFLASH!! Jealousy is a terrible thing

who what when

stevejr wrote: »

I learned how to drink and shag properly...time well spent.

Can you get someone to second this claim?

andrew

People who want to learn in college, learn; those who don't, don't. It's not as if college can magically zap knowledge into student's brain's.

macquarie

I learned how to steal traffic cones.

GLaDOS

that 45 percent of the nation's undergraduates learn very little in their first two years of college.

55% did learn then.

Poor Uncle Tom

MrMatisse wrote: »

Who knew?

Not the students, obviously....:D

stevejr

who what when wrote: »

Can you get someone to second this claim?

Probably but it'll take some time to round up all 30+ of them....:cool:

Bloody Nipples

MrMatisse wrote: »

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/01/24/does-college-make-you-smarter

Who knew?

Nowhere does it say what you are implying. I deduced this by applying the analytical thinking I've developed over 4 years of college.

Bloody Nipples

stevejr wrote: »

Probably but it'll take some time to round up all 30+ of them....:cool:

30+.

Statistically significant.

Nice :cool:

--LOS--

I knew

Tar.Aldarion

that is saying that colleges are making things too easy? I certainly did not see that in college at all! It says that college doesnt make you smarter but that's not the point, is it not to give you knowledge specific to a certain area so that you can perform a certain set of tasks?

MrMatisse

There are FAR too many intelligent answers in after hours these days

smk89

macquarie wrote: »

I learned how to steal traffic cones.

And pint glasses, cutlery, those big blue toilet rolls and pretty much anything not nailed down

Earthhorse

ScienceNerd wrote: »

55% did learn then.

:mad:

Get outta here, college boy!

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

It says that college doesnt make you smarter but that's not the point, is it not to give you knowledge specific to a certain area so that you can perform a certain set of tasks?

That's what most colleges have become about but traditionally it was about teaching critical thinking skills.

By the way, people should read the opinion pieces posted around the article rather than the stub linked to, as they're far more interesting.

PeterIanStaker

I learned the fine arts of drinking, fornicating and watching SpongeBob SquarePants. Also the skill of bullsh!tting which is essential for interviews.

MrMatisse

How it should be

stevejr

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

I learned the fine arts of drinking, fornicating and watching SpongeBob SquarePants.

All at the same time preferably....;)

Tar.Aldarion

Earthhorse wrote: »

:mad:

Get outta here, college boy!



That's what most colleges have become about but traditionally it was about teaching critical thinking skills.

By the way, people should read the opinion pieces posted around the article rather than the stub linked to, as they're far more interesting.

I'd definitely say learning how to compete tasks teaches you that in college but it might massively come down to the lecturer. The bad thing is that once a lecturer/teacher is in a job, they stay for life, no matter how bad they are. My chemistry teacher was so bad I had to teach myself/go for grinds etc but they just get to continue year in year out after bad feedback.

Namlub

And what do you learn by not going to college?

messymess

Namlub wrote: »

And what do you learn by not going to college?

Why not ask Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, two infamous drop outs.

Earthhorse

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I'd definitely say learning how to compete tasks teaches you that in college but it might massively come down to the lecturer.

Depends on how you learn to complete the tasks.

The bad thing is that once a lecturer/teacher is in a job, they stay for life, no matter how bad they are. My chemistry teacher was so bad I had to teach myself/go for grinds etc but they just get to continue year in year out after bad feedback.

Yes, because lecturer's jobs are more about research now than teaching and by making classes easy they free up time to work on that.

Noodleworm

My course is all project based, and still find everything I learn, I teach myself.