The Great College Hoax

[quote name='Koggit']"extra" debt? whatever man. i'm not interested in your bullshit so i'm gonna change the subject completely: say he's gonna be $100,000 in debt now and could have the same life sans debt some other way. what difference does it make? he'll just be worrying about some non-debt thing. it's all relative. you can bet your ass Bill Gates worries just as much as the guy struggling to pay his rent. doesn't matter. the guy in mexico worrying about his contaminated well water experiences the same emotions as the wall street banker worrying about his investments. it's all relative -- everyone is happy, everyone is sad, everyone is stressed.

make the best of every situation: as americans we're extremely fortunate and even those of us who are relatively unfortunate have a lot to be happy about. if he isn't happy about his college experience, he'll be happy about something else. if he doesn't regret his college experience, he'll regret something else. just live -- it's quite the ride.[/QUOTE]

Uh, you didn't change the subject at all.

The huge flaw in your post should be obvious. It is relative - having more debt is worse than not having more debt, no matter what else is going on with your life.

If you actually believe what you posted, you should go and take out a bunch of loans right now and max out your credit cards, because it makes no difference, right? Live it up, borrow and spend! :roll:
 
i can see you have trouble following longer posts - let me keep it simple: he chose to be in school, therefore it's the right choice.

if i chose to borrow and live beyond my means, that'd be the right choice.
 
[quote name='Koggit']i can see you have trouble following longer posts - let me keep it simple: he chose to be in school, therefore it's the right choice.

if i chose to borrow and live beyond my means, that'd be the right choice.[/QUOTE]

:lol:

What's with you today, Koggit? You really believe that?
 
i really believe the goal in life is nothing more complex than to be happy, and as inherently selfish creatures our decisions will always be what we want to do -- what you want to do is the right thing to do.

there are rare exceptions for people who are mentally imbalanced.. which doesn't factor in here.
 
[quote name='Koggit']i really believe the goal in life is nothing more complex than to be happy, and as inherently selfish creatures our decisions will always be what we want to do -- what you want to do is the right thing to do.

there are rare exceptions for people who are mentally imbalanced.. which doesn't factor in here.[/QUOTE]
For some reason you don't understand that more debt makes it more difficult in the long term to 1) be happy and 2) do what you want to do.
 
That presupposes that people always make good decisions that lead to longer term happiness and never make mistakes.

A decision to say, take on a bunch of debt, get a degree etc. may make someone happy in the present. But it may end up being a "wrong" decision if the person ends up hating the job in the field (or unable to find a job) and is thus saddled with a ton of debt and a life they hate. In that case that decision took away their happiness down the road.

I agree people should do what feels right for them and the goal of life is to be happy. But people make mistakes and make decisions they end up regretting.
 
[quote name='rickonker']That's awesome. 23 sounds like a lot, out of how many is that approx.?[/quote]
It was out of 328 people (regional corporate office). Sorry for the delay (I had to call him and ask. The number was higher than that he said once the company did it as a whole).
 
[quote name='Koggit']i'm not gonna have a philosophical argument, if i gave a damn what other people think i wouldn't be an engineer[/QUOTE]

The point is even by your philosophy it's still wrong. Anyway dmaul and I said basically the same thing, and his post time is 1 min. later so it was independent. If that isn't proof that you're wrong...:D
 
[quote name='Space Cowboy YGI']It was out of 328 people (regional corporate office). Sorry for the delay (I had to call him and ask. The number was higher than that he said once the company did it as a whole).[/QUOTE]

Hey thanks for finding that out man. So that's about 7%. Impressive!
 
[quote name='Koggit']i really believe the goal in life is nothing more complex than to be happy, and as inherently selfish creatures our decisions will always be what we want to do -- what you want to do is the right thing to do.

there are rare exceptions for people who are mentally imbalanced.. which doesn't factor in here.[/QUOTE]

Someone's been reading Aristotle.
 
[quote name='seanr1221']D_icon, if you want to study Psych, get a B.S. and focus on the behavioral side.[/quote]


What about Community Psychology? I want to empower those who are oppressed.
 
[quote name='Koggit']physics was a cakewalk? did you learn any physics?[/quote]

I was a junior when I took Physics. I had three semesters of Calculus, three semesters of Biology, two semesters of General Chemistry and two semesters of Organic Chemistry under my belt. The professor was my underclassman adviser. I spent much of my free time in a 4 man suite of other junior Bio majors taking the same course creating a built in study group. Contrary to an Engineer's belief, the 300 and 400 level Biology classes I was taking concurrently were harder than the 100 level Physics course.
 
[quote name='fatherofcaitlyn']And most of the hard sciences such as Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry or Physics. A BA/BS in any of those fields all but guarantees you the
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']My fiance used his BS in physics to segway into engineering. He doesn't make that much money, but it's over
 
[quote name='rickonker']I'm picturing some guy riding his Segway over to a different building...making "over
 
This just made me chuckle.

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