what the hell is a suitcase community college? Personally, I've been to four-year universities and never found them particularly representative of real life.
In the inIerest of disclosure I should probably add that I spent the day at a community college looking at some truly great online anthropology classes that my boss demoed to faculty as an example of what can be done. And a great deal of thought was being put into how you could use the modules as a resource for an on-land sculpture or cooking class. I was very impressed. On 1/12/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/12/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At the same time a degree is only worth what you put into it. If you spend > > your time in college swilling beer and being a stupid frat boy, then that's > > all you get out of it. You probably wont get far at all. Just look at Bush. > > > > Um let me rephrase that example... With the exception of the current > > president, if you spend your time in college swilling beer and being a > > stupid frat boy, then that's all you get out of it. You probably wont get > > far at all. > > > I'm pretty sure that you also get a membership in the good-ole-boy network. > Something that comes in handy from time to time, and not something you get > online, unless you need a Level Five Leprechaun to join in the battle > against the Giant Catipillar monster in your WoW guild. > > Traditional college also gives you experience dealing with people socially > and a gentle introduction to the Real World, which suitcase Community > colleges and online school alike don't give. > > Of course, this isn't what everyone is looking for an an education, and > everyone doesn't always need those thing, but Online and Offline Colleges > are Apples and Oranges in many many ways. > > -Cameron > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224564 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
