Comment Re:What a crock of self-important crap (Score 0) 740
Not only do you save on tuition, but you may be learning more important skills.
I got my BSEE from a really crappy college, and I can say with confidence that the professors taught me nothing. Since our teachers were generally not helpful, and sometimes even absent from class, we learned to rely on ourselves rather than on the teacher. We learned to just pick up books and teach ourselves everything. If we didn't understand, we'd check out more books, go on the internet, etc... until we understood.
Of course, we would have learned more if we had decent teachers, but the ability to learn with no help from 'experts' was probably more valuable than anything we would have learned in those classes.
I got my BSEE from a really crappy college, and I can say with confidence that the professors taught me nothing. Since our teachers were generally not helpful, and sometimes even absent from class, we learned to rely on ourselves rather than on the teacher. We learned to just pick up books and teach ourselves everything. If we didn't understand, we'd check out more books, go on the internet, etc... until we understood.
Of course, we would have learned more if we had decent teachers, but the ability to learn with no help from 'experts' was probably more valuable than anything we would have learned in those classes.
