Some thoughts on college degrees

Like I've mentioned before, college was the best time of my life up to that point and I have no regrets whatsoever with going. I don't think a degree is ever "useless" and if it is, then you deserve some of the blame for choosing it. While a degree might not be practical, just getting a degree in something is usually a good idea and can open more doors for you. I've come to believe three things about college. It doesn't make you smarter, people who think it does are from a different era, and sadly many people who didn't go to college have mammoth chips on their shoulder for not going.

A college degree will not make you smarter, it'll just make you more knowledgeable. There is an obvious difference between "wisdom" and "knowledge" and just being wise or knowledgable does not make you intelligent. There are all sorts of ways to measure intelligence-from problem solving to social skills. Not one quality is better than the other. The world is full of people who have great knowledge but can't convey that skill into a marketable ability or a likable personality. All a college degree does is show that you have dedication in a certain area.

People who think college makes you smarter are from a dying era. It's no longer 1955 where only a certain type of person went to college. Now, anyone can get into a college somewhere. In fact, that's a major problem right now. There are so many college degrees out there that the value of a college degree has become seriously watered down.

In my observations I've noticed that some people (key word, some) are defensive about not going to college. They'll say "Oh, I went to the school of hard knocks." or "I graduated from the University of Life." These are the same people who love pointing out that they've read more than English majors or can do more advanced math than you college dummies. That might be true, but it begs the question why they feel the need to say such things. If you really possess a great skill-like knowledge of math or biology-you don't feel the need to say it. You simply accept it.