▲ 291 ▼ My university charges $27K/year and I still had to teach myself everything from YouTube at 2 AM (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 51 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (2 children) You're not paying for the knowledge. You're paying for the piece of paper that states you have the knowledge. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 months ago (1 child) At it's best you're paying (or better, your country is paying) to learn how to learn, with a specific discipline as a workspace. As with so much else it has enshittified due to rampant greed and power's fear of a well educated populace, still, if you go into it with that goal, some vestige can still be had. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ivan@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago At place where I teach, only small minority of students pays tuition, most have their education paid by state. Saddest part is that reason to study for most of them is simply pressure from their parents or from peers, so good luck finding motivation in there. permalink fedilink source parent [–] baines@lemmy.cafe 1 point 2 months ago you’re paying to buy into the scam permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 months ago (1 child) At it's best you're paying (or better, your country is paying) to learn how to learn, with a specific discipline as a workspace. As with so much else it has enshittified due to rampant greed and power's fear of a well educated populace, still, if you go into it with that goal, some vestige can still be had. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ivan@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago At place where I teach, only small minority of students pays tuition, most have their education paid by state. Saddest part is that reason to study for most of them is simply pressure from their parents or from peers, so good luck finding motivation in there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ivan@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago At place where I teach, only small minority of students pays tuition, most have their education paid by state. Saddest part is that reason to study for most of them is simply pressure from their parents or from peers, so good luck finding motivation in there. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 1 point 2 months ago you’re paying to buy into the scam permalink fedilink source parent
