I went to University in Britain for three years, studied Computer Science, along with some maths and business related courses.
I completed the course, sat the exams, and failed. I left university on a Friday without any academic qualification from there, not even an attendance certificate.
The following Monday, I went to work at a computer company as a programmer, and was being paid more than my tutor at University.
Even though I didnt take away a piece of paper stating that I was suddenly a BSc., I still took away a fantastic education - primarily in Life, rather than Computer Science.
A good, "well-rounded" education begins well before University. At college (16-18 years of age), I took only one technical course, Computer Science, along with three non-technical, humanities courses (Law, Politics and Psychology).
I believe that a good education is not the sole responsibility of the educational system, but also of the educator within the system.
I was fortunate, I had some excellent teachers all the way through my educational career who inspired me to learn, and to learn what was important.
The point to my ramblings is that it is not so much what classes your educational system thrusts upon you, its how you receive the opportunity to learn and how you adapt it to suit your personality and appetite for knowledge.
I`m now a devoted, full-time computer programmer in London, with a passion for computers and technology which has endured for 10 years, but in my spare time, I`m learning, at my own pace, about post-1945 US foreign policy and how it shaped the world we now live in.
I speak passable French and German, I understand the English legal system, can talk for hours about the state of politics, and often find myself wondering what Freud would make of things...
I believe that I have a well-rounded education, driven by desire to learn everything, not just focus on a field.
I saw a quote somewhere once, I dont recall who said it or from which film/book it comes :
"Specialisation is for insects, human beings should be able to do anything"
PS - I only ever attended state schools. None of this "paying for tutition" crap...
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Which is remarkably similar to the French Foreign Legion.
Quit. Join the French Foregin Legion.
I went to University in Britain for three years, studied Computer Science, along with some maths and business related courses. I completed the course, sat the exams, and failed. I left university on a Friday without any academic qualification from there, not even an attendance certificate. The following Monday, I went to work at a computer company as a programmer, and was being paid more than my tutor at University. Even though I didnt take away a piece of paper stating that I was suddenly a BSc., I still took away a fantastic education - primarily in Life, rather than Computer Science. A good, "well-rounded" education begins well before University. At college (16-18 years of age), I took only one technical course, Computer Science, along with three non-technical, humanities courses (Law, Politics and Psychology). I believe that a good education is not the sole responsibility of the educational system, but also of the educator within the system. I was fortunate, I had some excellent teachers all the way through my educational career who inspired me to learn, and to learn what was important. The point to my ramblings is that it is not so much what classes your educational system thrusts upon you, its how you receive the opportunity to learn and how you adapt it to suit your personality and appetite for knowledge. I`m now a devoted, full-time computer programmer in London, with a passion for computers and technology which has endured for 10 years, but in my spare time, I`m learning, at my own pace, about post-1945 US foreign policy and how it shaped the world we now live in. I speak passable French and German, I understand the English legal system, can talk for hours about the state of politics, and often find myself wondering what Freud would make of things ...
I believe that I have a well-rounded education, driven by desire to learn everything, not just focus on a field.
I saw a quote somewhere once, I dont recall who said it or from which film/book it comes :
"Specialisation is for insects, human beings should be able to do anything"
PS - I only ever attended state schools. None of this "paying for tutition" crap ...