What is the point of school?

[Maniac Craniac]

I Love this topic..

I started my journey because as a teenager, I wrote down on my "to do list of life", that I wanted to earn a Bachelors degree. I wanted to do it for the satisfaction of accomplishing something that I decided to do.

As my signature says, 'I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." (Twain). I feel that a college degree is NOT synonymous with a certain intellectual level.
If my degree does nothing more than sit on my wall, I would be proud to scratch it off my list. I would actually hope that a future employer would hire me for reasons besides a Bachelors degree; that they would see other traits and characteristics that make them want my skills, instead of only having a piece of paper that could pretty much be bought if you have a IQ of 100 or more and enough time, patience and dedication.

Check this site out. I daresay you'll love it.

http://www.garynorth.com/CollegeManualSite.pdf

What an amazing post! You, ever so eloquently, summed up my opinion 100%. It's surreal! My phrase is "schooling is not a synonym for education," which is eerily close to what you said above.

I seemed to have lost my way a bit when it comes to what I expect from school, but now my head is clear and I am back on track. I have always been an autodidact (and feel strangely empowered now that I know there is a word for it!). Nobody taught me Spanish, nobody taught me Sign Language, nobody taught me how to write creatively, nor my vocabulary, nor how to repair my car, nor how to analyze and interpret literature nor even how to swim. I did it all myself

I always thought college was over-rated, despite the fact that I love school and do recognize its value. What I really need to do is go ahead an finish my DEGREE so that it stops taking time away from my EDUCATION