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How did university education change you?

radioman said:
Wait a minute, I thought Chico State college was the perennial #1 party school.
How the mighty have fallen.
On the plus side, I'll bet CSC students sip wine and drink lattes while UT students swill beer and chant "Don't Mess With Tex-ass!"
Culture and decorum still count for something.;)
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Last I heard, U of T was #1, UC Santa Barbara was #2, and Chico was #3.

There is definitely more dope at Chico than anywhere else because it grows there wild in the forests.
 
Riveroaks said:
Last I heard, U of T was #1, UC Santa Barbara was #2, and Chico was #3.

There is definitely more dope at Chico than anywhere else because it grows there wild in the forests.
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There is a lot of pot in Butte county, but not much dope and it certainly isn't grown there.

UCSB is another overrated school. How do they come up with these absurd rankings?
 
It reinforced my quest for knowledge. Made me aware of how small we are in the universe. Gave me a respect for those with a mind and ability so much larger than mine without diminishing my own.

It pushed me to achieve in a way that high school never had.

I have gone back a few times to take interest courses. I will do more when I retire and have time.

It opened me to people who may have zero education but have a wisdom that is mind blowing.

It made me angry at people who think they know it all and control others when they have such a limited capacity but have power to do so anyway.

Essentially it left me in awe of what we could do if everyone would respect each other and work together for a common good.

I loved it. I had the time of my life.
 
How did university education change you?
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it challenged my mind at a time when my brain was in a crucial stage of development. it contributed to my lifelong intellectual curiosity.
 
Riveroaks said:
I took enough chem in college to learn that I did not want to crack carbon molecules for the rest of my life for the oil companies.
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Evidently you didn't take enough chemistry to learn that carbon is an element.
 
Going to college had a massive impact on me. I became who I am. I think the primary thing is not so much the classes and such, it's the leaving home, and mixing in with a group of like people. We were all roughly the same age, interested in the same things, and relatively the same intellect.

College is a great place to really be who you are. In middle school and high school, you're stuck with the baggage of who you might have been, were, or what others think you are. College is a blank slate. No one knows you. You have the opportunity to reinvent yourself, or to just be who you always were, but were denied by those around you prior. You are forced to deal with adult problems, but in a setting with other kids with the same lack of experience. It's like training wheels for life.
 
joG said:
Not really that much, as my parents had seen to it that us kids were thoroughly immersed in intellectual discourse with professors from all over the world and of all sorts. But I did profit from University by studying for 13 full years, where I did a wide assortment of social study subjects centered around economics which was what I finished in.

But mostly, it was fun.
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Then you became a social expert?
 
ecofarm said:
If one doesn't grow personally during their university experience, they've missed out on perhaps the best part.
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Can you elaborate on the personal growth?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
I did not attend UT, one of my girlfriend's daughters did and she now works there. I went to a junior college in MD (1972-1975) and received tuition reimbursement from my employer. I did not graduate but had enough credits and experience to get a decent computer programming/systems analyst job. After a while (6 years or so) I simply claimed to have a degree and nobody ever questioned it. ;)
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We are reporting it. [emoji41]
 
Fiddytree said:
It changed my life. After growing up with low expectations from teachers and school psychologists, I was blessed to even get to university, and thank God every day for being in a lecture hall.
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What were your favorite lectures about?
 
_Sal said:
It opened me to people who may have zero education but have a wisdom that is mind blowing.
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Why was that? People who literally had no education?
 
it's just me said:
Evidently you didn't take enough chemistry to learn that carbon is an element.
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Evidently you didn't notice that he said carbon molecule instead of carbon.
 
idea_steed said:
Can you elaborate on the personal growth?
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You need someone to? How can anyone not understand what personal growth means. Yikes. You realize this means you haven't experienced it. Again, yikes.
 
ecofarm said:
You need someone to? How can anyone not understand what personal growth means. Yikes. You realize this means you haven't experienced it. Again, yikes.
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It means a lot and I wonder what personal growth you gained in university. Lol. Does getting laid count? [emoji41]
 
idea_steed said:
What were your favorite lectures about?
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On the whole: two subjects in history. Historiography and early nuclear physicists dealing with their field and the militarization of it.

While historiography remains one of my favorite areas, neither are exactly my specialty in history.
 
idea_steed said:
Evidently you didn't notice that he said carbon molecule instead of carbon.
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Fine, please describe the process for cracking a carbon molecule to make oil.
 
Riveroaks said:
So you want us to teach you college chemistry now, without you first paying the tuition ???

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No, I want you to tell a 35 year veteran of the polymer business how to crack a "carbon molecule", I have never heard of that.
 
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