Simmermon: What’s the point of going to college?

This is so true. I constantly hear fellow students speaking about how wasted they became the night before. Where do they find the time? I wish I was able to make the day eternal so I could get all the things needed to be accomplished within a day.

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• Posted by peastman on April 7, 2008 at 9:23 p.m.
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Simmermon: What’s the point of going to college?

College is like anything else you do -- you get out of it what you put into it. If you spend your college years getting wasted and chasing the opposite sex, then the type of job you deserve when you get out will probably reflect that. However, if you truly work on learning, acquiring knowledge, improving yourself and making the world a better place, then everything else will take care of itself. You must know discipline and patience, however. KU's 2008 National Championship seemed doomed many times, but the attitude, belief, faith, perseverance and diligence carried them through. Give up your pride and ask help from others, in addition to helping yourself and society and you'll find college worthwhile and rewarding -- even if the rewards don't come until 4-5 years after you graduate. Humility paves the way for wisdom. Arrogance leads to the great fall.

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• Posted by MCaulfield on April 8, 2008 at 3:13 a.m.
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Simmermon: What’s the point of going to college?

People do not go to college to learn. The best jobs require it, as do most parents, and so that is what people with the wherewithal do. People who actually appreciate learning and acquiring knowledge, while more common on a college campus than in the world (or country) as a whole, are in the minority.

College, and the classes that comprise it are viewed by most as requirements for life thereafter. There is no reason for you or anyone to lament this. It is not new. Do what you like, now and later, and never mind anyone who sees it as less than it should be.

You can live to learn or learn to live.

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• Posted by jketts on April 8, 2008 at 2:36 p.m.
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Simmermon: What’s the point of going to college?

As someone who has been in the business world for some years now, I would say that college does not determine your success. College is a stepping stone to get you on a better path toward achieving success whatever the word success means to you. College should teach the ability to solve problems, how to research for appropriate information, how to present your information to others in an intelligent fashion and how to actually work efficiently which is the basis of study habits. Your success is soley determined by your talents, abilities and effort. Nothing will just fall into your lap. These are the lessons college should teach you. A degree gets you in the door. What you do once you are in the door is entirely up to you.

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• Posted by Steelman on April 9, 2008 at 10:37 a.m.
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Simmermon: What’s the point of going to college?

It is not college that determines if somebody is smart or will succeed. It is what you do IN college. So many of the majors offered on this campus are utterly worthless when it comes to getting a good job or getting the education you pay for. People complain about their classes being a waste of time, but then say "but math is not my thing" and "engineering is too hard." Put the work into it. If your too lazy to put the work into a difficult, high demand degree, then you do not deserve a high paying job. My classes ARE worthwhile. Every single thing I am learning in my electrical engineering classes will help me when I graduate, no matter how boring some of it may be.

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• Posted by philipj on April 11, 2008 at 3:11 p.m.
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