Comments by "Lepi Doptera" (@lepidoptera9337) on "Is The Collapsing Relevance of a College Degree... A Good Thing?" video.

  1. In many countries in Europe higher education is free or almost free. If you can afford the cost of housing, food and books, then you can spend the 4-12 years that it takes to get a degree of higher learning. I have. It was totally worth it.
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  2.  @mac_mcleod  I know. It's ridiculous. A nation depends on the best of its best. That means we have to try and get everybody to be the best they can be, not just in K-12 but also beyond. To load that with an almost impossible financial cost is self-destructive behavior.
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  3. They can't find people with the right degrees, but if you think that you can get a job as e.g. an engineer without an engineering degree, think again.
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  4. The smart ones will get a degree and the not so smart ones will lie to themselves that they don't need one. ;-)
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  5. Yes, it is... until you try to move up in life and you notice that they won't let you because you lack the necessary education. ;-)
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  6. That specific skill are being trained on the job is reflected in job offers that require a degree AND five years of experience. It's not a degree OR five years of experience. ;-)
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  7.  @112313  That's a funny way of putting it, but I can see that. ;-)
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  8. Everybody who wants to work on jobs that require a science and engineering degree will have to get a science and engineering degree. Same for law and medicine. No big deal. Do you need an English or history major? Not unless you want to become a professor for English or history. ;-)
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  9. This video was clearly designed to create a large number of fools. If you think that you can get a well paying job in a company without a college degree... think again. ;-)
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  10. While being unemployed? :-)
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