> The "question" (well, only a simpleton would take it as such, when it
> is obviously polemic) did not come from a university context; rather, it
> came from my office in the real world.
Well, shit. Now it all makes sense! Universities, actually DO NOT EXIST,
except in some make-believe world... where elves play with the pixies. No
teaching of any value is done here... no research, no courses, no nothing
worth anything back on Earth.
Question One: WHY are Universities somehow not in the "real world"
(WHO's "real world")??
All University students (especially Com Sci students, it appears) are
wasting both time and money. But it's someone else's money you're
wasting. So that's not so bad, now, is it?
Question Two: In the light of HECS, full-fee postgrad courses, the
amounts of income foregone while studying, and the recent studies that
appear to show that graduates in fact do NOT necessarily make more money
than non-grads, why is it "other people's money" that we're wasting?
Question Three: Why whilst in the process of looking for work do so many
industries ask for graduates?
Question Four: Who benefits most from education?
I could also ask why you feel that good researchers do not want anything
to do with Universities, but I'm not sure if that's what you meant.
Occasionally, I agree that courses (esp my computing sequence) could be
more up-to-date... After all, I learn FORTRAN-77 in my course. But it's
also not just the language... I'm learning how to pick up a programming
language. This is, of course, not something I could not learn on a job,
but chances are, the person/people who would teach me in a workplace are
not teachers. This has happened to me before... and often enough when
non-teachers try to teach problems can occur.
Alister Air
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| Information Studies student | can get into sensitive positions |
| University of Technology | and have a tremendous impact on |
| Sydney --==> Australia | history." <==-- Danforth J Quayle |
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