On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 15:04 -0600, Eric Jensen wrote: > And I totally agree on this point, I even stated I felt general > education was important. But is only 1/3 or even 1/4 of your classes > load relating to your major really that common? Many of you have > degrees, so was your program that off balance? What about technical > schools like ITT. Not them specifically, but the type. I'm just trying > to determine if I came accross really poor programs or if that is just > how it is everywhere.
A good program is either 1) good enough to be accredited and therefore required to include a significant amount of "other stuff" or 2) so good it doesn't need accredidation, in which case they probably already realize the need to ensure their students are "well rounded". Tech. schools are good ways to get in and get out, but they produce more narrowly focused people. You run the risk of having to return at some point to retrain. I've met plenty of Art or Music majors in a wide range of fields. I've met far few tech. school grads in fields outside their original training. ITT is better than nothing... in some cases. But it isn't going to care is much weight in as many situations as a degree from a more traditional university. -- Stuart Jansen e-mail/jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't using enough of it." - Chris Maden
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