Best. Day. Ever.

[bierhaus15]

Jeeze, what a bunch of killjoys we have here.

OP, congrats on getting the pass!

 

[Pappers_]

What the hell's wrong with you depressing people. Geez. Finish your degree, jump into the work force, make some money. At that age I was accelerating into the stratosphere. It's excellent.

Yes!!!! Congrats OP, am glad it's working out for you - you will be very happy when this is all behind you and you are on to better things!

 

[two_hearted]

If you guys didn't get a good education, then shame on your institution.

Its not always the institution (or rarely is). Loads of people graduate from fine institutions without really getting a good education. It falls on the student to show up, work hard and actually learn something. Its all to easy to BS your way through papers and assignments with the internet being so vast and accessible these days. I'd say most of my college buddies became very skilled at BSing through classes instead of receiving a good well rounded education.

It also concerns me how helpless college students are these days (I can't believe I said "kids these days"). I teach classes at a university and get at least 10-20 students who approach me the day before classes start (or a week after) with the same sob story of how "My advisor screwed up and didn't tell me I needed 2 more hours to graduate." Seriously, the same story. When I was in college I tracked every single credit hour for every requirement and knew exactly what I needed to do to graduate. These kids parents hold their hands through their life and then drop them off at college and expect everyone here to pick up where they left off. And if you don't you'll be getting a phone call from their parents and little Susie's C- that she got. Christ, I'm not even 10 years older than these kids and I feel like a crotchety old professor.
/killjoy rant

what they^ all said, go get loaded and laid...

 

[passedpawn]

Graduating is overrated.

I have no idea where your little rant came from. Nobody ever belittled a college education in this thread.

You're right. I misinterpreted several similar posts here (skimming without brain fully engaged).

 

[D_Ranged_Eskimo]

Wow, a couple of jokes turned into a full fledged debate!

College was a blast, and the freedom to set your schedule to whatever pleases you was amazing. Class started at 3:30 and went to 8:15 Monday through Thursday with a break between 4:30 and 7 for happy hour.

I'll gladly take that schedule back rather than 8-5 Monday through Friday.

College is meant to make lasting friends, to network, to gain contacts, and to learn main concepts in your field as well as expand your mind to information and ideas outside of your realm of interest. That being said, there were plenty of courses that failed to interest me, and so it was the cram and dump method.

It's amazing how much more you learn doing things hands on in your field of work than the time spent in the classroom. You obviously must maintain main concepts, but you will be amazed how much more you retain in a working environment outside of a textbook.

By the way, congrats on not being screwed by your advisor.