I am Argus

[DriXnaK]

Your definition of education and mine are two very different things I believe. I don't see anything an instructor can do that I can't do simply by reading a book. Furthermore, I would find it highly suspect if someone valued their college degree to the degree that you do. The amount of information that can be taught is finite. There is no way that one individual could possibly have more information than what can be found in books and research. The only way an instructor is useful is if they have some sort of experience or inside knowledge that gives you an advantage over those around you and can't be found in a book. Incredibly rare no matter what the institution.

[DriXnaK]

You haven't stopped posting. You're still here.

Only because the lesser people of this board found it upon themselves to rejoice and pile on in my absence. This is typical of the weak and inferior. Once this topic dies I'll be out.

By the way, you didn't have to know it was Hitler, all you had to do was be suspicious of the use of words. Most people don't talk that way.

[DaShi]

Most professors do research and extended study in the topics that they teach. This gives them further insight that can be found in textbooks.

[Elok]

Yeah, and most people don't blather on forever about crazy-ass fascist nostalgia either, yet Curtis seems to have been legit. This is Poly, we're the Capistrano of Crazy.

Xpost

[DriXnaK]

Bull****. Maybe I'd be impressed by that if it were a science or something. In business though? Who are you kidding? The only people that even read their research are other academics. Also, we're even making the giant leap of faith here that this research is even remotely cutting edge or interesting. Face it, people who sit in academia are morons. I'm sorry if you're one of those people.

[Riesstiu IV]

I have a piece of paper too, and in fact I'm about to have two pieces of paper, and I never needed to go to class and listen to some idiot lecture.

Do you hate human contact or something? How do you plan on getting a Biochemistry degree if you dislike lecturers and traditional institutions so much? Through Glenn Beck University?

You can blast professors and scholars all you want but they have something you don't, a job.

[Egbert]

The point is acquire a bit of paper that will get you a good job. The key issue is the credibility of that piece of paper. That piece of paper represents certification, from a credible institution, that you are capable of things relevant to that degree.

Yes, you can learn by yourself but you can not convince an employer that you have acquired an education relevant enough, deep enough and comprehensive enough. The employer won't give you all day to convince him. You get to put your qualification on your job application and that is all. If that degree ain't credible your application goes in the bin.

credibility

[DriXnaK]

I'm actually very outgoing believe it or not. I was a tennis instructor after all. What I don't like is wasting my time. I'd be far more willing to sit and listen to a lecture if it were about something interesting like biochemistry, but even then I'd probably have to weigh that against what can be learned out of a book and how much the lecturer's information deviates from it. If there is no deviation and the lecturer is just regurgitating what's in the book, then why would I waste my time?

[DriXnaK]

The point is acquire a bit of paper that will get you a good job. The key issue is the credibility of that piece of paper. That piece of paper represents certification, from a credible institution, that you are capable of things relevant to that degree.

Yes, you can learn by yourself but you can not convince an employer that you have acquired an education relevant enough, deep enough and comprehensive enough. The employer won't give you all day to convince him. You get to put your qualification on your job application and that is all. If that degree ain't credible your application goes in the bin.

credibility

This is false. That piece of paper just means you spent the time to complete something, that is all. I would never take someone's degree at face value. I think the fact that you think so highly of academic institutions shows your limitations.

[Egbert]

Most professors do research and extended study in the topics that they teach. This gives them further insight that can be found in textbooks.

A particularly good point. And the professor can get into the minds of the students in front of him to better help them learn and understand the material.

face to face contact

[DaShi]

Actually, professors from my school are top researchers in business and management, running projects for Goldman Sachs and generally seen as leaders in their fields. Many are consultants and advisors to large companies and government organizations. Oddly, none of them have online degrees. Weird.

[DaShi]

This is false. That piece of paper just means you spent the time to complete something, that is all. I would never take someone's degree at face value. I think the fact that you think so highly of academic institutions shows your limitations.

Actually, this shows your ignorance at how the employment market works.

[Egbert]

This is false. That piece of paper just means you spent the time to complete something, that is all. I would never take someone's degree at face value. I think the fact that you think so highly of academic institutions shows your limitations.

F*ck my limitations. Not an issue. The issue is convincing the employer you can do the job.

[Egbert]

This is false. That piece of paper just means you spent the time to complete something,

You raise a very good point. It does show that you spent time to complete something.

[Aeson]

bump for order