hmm imho college is good but it's the classes that are good. Maybe the issue here is that I am against herds and never do the dorm thing. ::shrug::
On 1/13/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would not say that drinking every Friday night is the definition of the > college experience, and if you actually think that's all there is to it, > then you're completely missing the point. > > Aside from that, Friday night isn't all week, and isn't every night. Even > from that viewpoint though, college does teach you that if you go out > drinking on a Tuesday night, it can be difficult to function the next day. > Something valuable to learn before you have a real job. Some people learn, > others don't, but most people use this time to get it out of their system. > > I only lived in the dorms for 2 of the 4 years, but the experience > off-campus in an apartment was just as valuable to me. Learning to pay > rent, build my own credit, and deal with real world issues with thousands of > peers who were going through the same thing and with resources that the > college provided was invaluable to me. > > If I could go back and do it over I wouldn't have chosen to do it any other > way. I was lucky to be given that choice and appreciate the real life > experience and knowledge it gave me to prepare me for the rest of my life. > > -Cameron > > On 1/13/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:224629 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
