Comment Re:Entry level because...(seconded) (Score 1) 628
All college does is to prepare you to learn.
precisely. sure, the material you're taught is not irrelevant, but the most important thing current students don't recognize is that college is about learning how to learn. speaking as someone who teaches philosophy and religion, many of the students in my classes would benefit from the realization that the simple fact that my class is not in "real-world" knowledge or skills (like jsp or burger-flipping) doesn't mean they have nothing useful to learn in it. if they can adapt to learn what i'm trying to teach them, then they can adapt and learn anything. and isn't that the single most useful job skill anywhere and at any time? surely no one who hires you out of college expects you to know everything you will need to know, but they do expect you to be able to learn it . . . and fast.
precisely. sure, the material you're taught is not irrelevant, but the most important thing current students don't recognize is that college is about learning how to learn. speaking as someone who teaches philosophy and religion, many of the students in my classes would benefit from the realization that the simple fact that my class is not in "real-world" knowledge or skills (like jsp or burger-flipping) doesn't mean they have nothing useful to learn in it. if they can adapt to learn what i'm trying to teach them, then they can adapt and learn anything. and isn't that the single most useful job skill anywhere and at any time? surely no one who hires you out of college expects you to know everything you will need to know, but they do expect you to be able to learn it . . . and fast.
