Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Disadvantages to an "Elite Education"

"The difference between having a college degree and not having one is far greater than where you go to college. But where you go can determine, to a large extent, who you become. Some of us become jerks. And others spend our lives trying to figure out what it meant to have been there — and how to get over it."

Read the whole article here.

1 comment:

  1. yup, and it sure makes a difference when one considers that an education that came relatively cheap --- having more access and facility to languages and literature (in our high school seminary we had Latin, Spanish and Greek, compounded by studying Roman history and Shakespeare) compared to present-day education costing P1500/unit but with technology providing greater access to research.....
    Being lucky, I guess, would be on anyone's view on life and how they see it. And having a college education could make you a person you want to be or the jerk that you publicly hate but secretly admire....

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