College vs. Prison

[Myrmidon73]

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^Hah, I was just going to mention that episode.</p>

<p>College as prison? Give me a break.</p>

<p>This is a democratic society. You CHOOSE to go to college. It may be a societal norm (depending on your socio-economic class, etc), but there is still some element of choice involved - your experience is what you make of it. I’m of the opinion that working life may actually be more “confining” than college - the whole 9 to 5, cog in the corporate wheel thing. At least in college you can make your own timetable, and have complete control over your own direction. A few people can do this in the working world, but it’s much more difficult to do so. People are always talking about the “work-life” balance issue, but nobody ever mentions “college-life” balance.

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<p>Someone else agrees with me. Awesome. Seriously, if you thought college would be a breeze, and its not, I’m sorry. Be more focused when you work so you can have more fun later. Everybody goes to college for a reason. But, in turn, that makes it tougher. Unless you’re smart enough to make a ton of money without college, quiting *****ing about it. You’re always going to be working for someone. Get used to it.</p>

[wutangfinancial]

<p>Globalization has brought competition for jobs to a whole new level. We are heading towards a global meritocracy, where the income divide is dictated by those with high levels of RELEVANT education and those without. Once an economy is at the steady state level of physical capital, all per-capita consumption growth is determined by technological progress. Thus society will place ever increasing incentives for those who contribute to a knowledge/technology based economy. Of course , ancillary industries to meet the consumption demands of those who are in technology/science will also flourish, i.e. wealth management, accounting, legal services/patent law, etc. not to mention all the luxury consumption from the newly rich-meaning larger commissions for luxury good salesman (think houses, cars, yachts lol).</p>

<p>In other words, a college degree offers you the potential for economic freedom your grandparent’s generation could never even imagine (unless they were ruling class). But there is tremendous stress in ensuring your economic freedom.</p>

[Caillebotte]

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hey guys i’m 16 years old and i just read some camus </p>

<p>here are my earth-shattering opinions on the institutionalization of repression:

ha true that</p>

[redlinekid2]

<p>You guys have no idea what the prison is really like. I have visited a county prison as part of my community service requirement for my Sociology class. I even spent a day in a jail cell as part of my experience. My personal impression is that the system is one of the most deporable places that I have ever seen. It’s horrible beyond belief. The sights and sounds of that atmosphere sticks with you for the rest of your life. And this is from a person who doesn’t have a criminal record. </p>

<p>I’m sorry to tell you that the reality is once you go into the prison system, you will never look at it the same way again. It will either change you for the better or worse. Keep a clean record. That is all.</p>

[Luminaire]

<p>“You’re always going to be working for someone. Get used to it.”</p>

<p>Not necessarily.</p>

[Myrmidon73]

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“You’re always going to be working for someone. Get used to it.”</p>

<p>Not necessarily.

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<p>All right, fair enough. But the chances of you doing that are so astronomically high, are the reason that you’re in college right now. Again, if you don’t want to go, you don’t have to. You still have that freedom.</p>

[wutangfinancial]

<p>^I’ve been incarcerated. It’s awful.</p>