well, this is a bit of a hot button with me. The "college experience" seems to be getting overly drunk on Friday night? Sorta like the "high school experience" seems to hostly be about the prom, to hear some people go on.
It just seems to me that there are better ways to network if this is supposed to be the point. I mean, not to seem humorless, but do the positives to dorm life really outweigh the negatives? Those rooms are tiny and expensive and filled with people who aren't there to learn. bah. Yes, I know I am wierd. On 1/13/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A "suitcase college" is one where a the majority of students go home every > butkend and no-one there really sticks around, meaning you don't really get > the entire college experience. > > A "community college" is... Well, I am guessing you know what that is. > > I guess I got the description a little off, but what I mean to say that > people who don't participate in the college experience really might as well > just do the whole thing online. > > -Cameron > > On 1/12/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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:224625 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
