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I'm not paying for it, the VA is. But it seems the whole pretense of being American has been thrown out the window. Of all the students in the class, around 40 - 50% aren't even American, and they don't live in the US either. This is just blatant bullshit. And i hate the upcharging. The course should cover the costs of everything, instead the course is one cost, the books are another, the subscription, etc, etc.

I'm not paying for it, the VA is. But it seems the whole pretense of being American has been thrown out the window. Of all the students in the class, around 40 - 50% aren't even American, and they don't live in the US either. This is just blatant bullshit. And i hate the upcharging. The course should cover the costs of everything, instead the course is one cost, the books are another, the subscription, etc, etc.

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I'm in engineering and quickly becoming one of the top in the crew and my supervisor said I won't get anywhere unless I have a degree.

All the people who are the geniuses at work, don't have a degree and know more about the tools and machines than anyone on the floor.

It's such fucking bullshit. I don't want to go to school while working 12 hour shifts.

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I predict that as degrees become less and less useful as a prediction of ability to do work, companies will start going back to apprenticeships.

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This is what I have been hoping for the past few years because I have great diversified work experience and knowledge because I found working right away more valuable than school. Especially when you can teach yourself today.

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There's also a type of course emerging where the lectures are optional, if you know the material you can skip straight to the exam and move on to the next class. They're typically online and aimed at mature students.