A omega level bottom feeder with no people skills.

[twincityhacker]

Last day of summer. I have no desire to go to school tomorrow, which I guess is odd because I usualy love going back to school.

180 more days until the end of my public education.

Maybe that's why.

And if this is supposed to be "the best years of my life" does the rest of life suck that badly, or all those people nostagic for a time that didn't exist?

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I can't really articulate this...

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

Uni and college are not the same in Canada

Really, one day I'll remember that.

But it doesn't seem right that education should be treated that way. I understand the suck that comes from mandatory education, because one size fits all education doesn't really fit anyone.

But education that in one of the fields that you're passionate about, and that you're paying way too much for, shouldn't be like that. It just seems in bad taste or somthing.

My mom is completing her diplomia in a business degree because she thinks she can get a better job than professional daycare.

If people are demanding a college education just to get a job that's a little better than minimum wage, what would qualify her to do somthing that pays more than putting in a little time in subjects she won't ever use and that she doesn't find intersting.

It just seems really lame to me to do that. If a demand is so great for continuing education so that you have trouble finding a job that pays more than the minimium, shouldn't you just continue the publicly funded education?

Of course, that would just continue the much disliked high school...

Re: I can't really articulate this...

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

Really, one day I'll remember that.

Sorry if I sound like a broken record. It's not very well known outside of Canada and I forgot who I've explained it to.

The education system is flat out broken, unless you find that... "good" spot. Otherwise? Crap!

But education that in one of the fields that you're passionate about, and that you're paying way too much for, shouldn't be like that. It just seems in bad taste or somthing.

This was honest to goodness university for me. "One size fits all" my butt. I can rant for hours on my time at uni, but I won't.

The thing is, people aren't lookin for a field they're passionate about anymore. It's all about the dollars. I'm too lazy to dig it up at the moment for an exact reference, but one of the books I'm reading through states that about 74% of students in the American post-secondary system believe that they'll become millionaires after completing the program. Attendance in fields of study goes up and down with pop culture. If a field is thought of as an easy meal ticket, more people will go into it.

I was raised in a community where just a high school education is good to be enough to find work at the factories. About half the people in my high school year dropped out. Not that many people in Canada try for post-secondary, either; I think it's sitting at about 20% and, heaven bless them, the Ontario government has a campaign out there to discourage students from attending post secondary and to instead do an apprenticeship.

And personally, I think the solution to the problem lies not in more education, but in uping minimum wage to a living wage. If you take care of your employees, they'll take of you. Minimum wage in Kansas is $2.65. WTF?