which may boil down to this -- the part of college I like least and am the least good at, is showing up on campus and chitchatting with people. Some discussion classes are fun and that's fine, but even they can be done online through a forum, if the forum is run right.
On 1/13/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think our opinions of online education differ that much. I think > it's valuable. > > I do think our opinion of offline college differs a great deal. > > -Cameron > > On 1/13/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think you still miss my point. I have college and lots of it. I just > > don't see that there is some elusive Norman Rockwell "college > > experience." But hey, perhaps I just don't see it. > > > > Incidentally, I like the online format. I have taken quite a few > > classes that way, as far back as 1993 or so, Maybe our differing ideas > > about college are the reason for our difference of opinion on online > > education. > > > > Dana > > > > On 1/13/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > College isn't for everyone. As far as the herd thing, (aside from the > > fact > > > that we were all the same age) I doubt I have ever been in a more > > culturally > > > and politically diverse place in my life as I was in college. Some > > people > > > went to bible studies on Friday nights, and others partied their butts > > off. > > > I guess you really just get out of it what you look for in it. And it's > > > definitely not for the agoraphobic. > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > On 1/13/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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:: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:224636 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
