Which is better, more valuable? Why?
2006-08-02 13:25:06 · 16 answers · asked by single_heart_wandering 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
All depends on what YOU want to do. I tell my kids I just want them to learn an important skill ( Auto Mechanic , Electrician , Plumber,.......). if they aren't going for an academic degree. Just be happy with your life and try to support yourself while doing it. As for experience>>>you get it no matter what you do, or where you go.
2006-08-02 13:34:10 · answer #1 · answered by rhonda y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
College is good for growing people. it introduces them to a whole new world that they had not known before, trust me i know, I'm a new freshman and this is a new page in my life. But, I think that life experiences are the most valuable attributes we can acquire. We learn from every experience we ever have, whether it's good or bad. Life experiences will always be with you and whenever the time comes that some thing may need to be answered or fixed etc., you may just know exactly what to say or do. It's always a feel good sensation when those moments come. You feel a part of you connect like a puzzle piece to a 100 piece puzzle. It'll just click, I'm sure you understand.
2006-08-02 13:35:41 · answer #2 · answered by medabrana06 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that college can be a life experience, but only if you go away...if you stay at home with your parents, it doesn't matter what kind of degree you get, there's no replacement for four years outside their scope of supervision...and a degree is so important these days
However, even though I count my college time as life experience, I admit that I have a ton of life experience that I drew upon while I was there, and at other times in my life...and since I don't actually have my degree (yet...had to take a monetary hiatus) I'm going to say that life experience is much more valuable...
2006-08-02 13:34:14 · answer #3 · answered by jillymack06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say life experience, though that will never get you much of a job. I have been to college twice and I am amazed at the idiocy of the students. I'll leave you with an example.
A young man with a college degree and an older man with a second grade education are sitting over a jar that is too dark to see down into. The jar is wiggling slightly from side to side. The college grad observes this and states that there must be some sort of vicious animal inside, such as a snake, waiting to strike. The old man looks at the graduate and shakes his head. "Young man," says the elder, "You haven't been in California long, have you?"
2006-08-02 13:31:42 · answer #4 · answered by alfeebester 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. College is the piece of paper that gets you the job. Especially if grades are good. Life's experiences will help you keep the job. Some things they just can't teach in a book and one more thing and that comes from my life's experience; Treat the elderly on the job with the up most respect, try to do all the work and let them guide you and you will gain year of life's experience in a short time. Respect important don't be a young i know it all by the book, book theory life doesn't always work by the book.:-)
2006-08-02 13:31:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really need both to succeed but College. Why? First because you continue to learn things about life while in college like you can't spend all your money on shoes and still expect to eat, and because careers that require experience will give it to you. ie. You can't be a doctor without being a resident. Plus after you have gone through college there will be more opportunities and jobs available to you to get better quality and more of a broad range of experience. For someone who just isn't ready for college then vocational school or the military are great options. Education is invaluable. You can't get anywhere without it anymore.
2006-08-02 13:31:43 · answer #6 · answered by 20mommy05 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life experience my man!
my two degrees haven't come into play one single time in starting the 3 companies that I've owned and sold. I wasn't asked for a college degree to get into the seat I'm sitting in right now. College make for good employees and life makes for great employers. Which would you rather be?
2006-08-02 13:28:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry but it's not an "either/or". I went to college AND am 52 years old with a lifetime of experience and there are things I learned in college like resourcefulness, interpersonal relationships, learning/research skills, and competitiveness that I could never have picked up outside college....that being said, in my life's experiences, I have become skilled on basic survivability financially/emotionally/physically/spiritually....
both aspects have given me what it's taken to successfully make it in my life.
2006-08-02 13:32:33 · answer #8 · answered by Kiss my Putt! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how seriously you take college. From what I can tell, the peice of paper is important to most businesses to make them let you advance into a new job. As far as reall job abilities, it all depends on how seriously you take college. EIther one will give you the skills... but if you don't take college seriously, it won't help, while no matter what, you will learn with being in real life conditions...
2006-08-02 13:34:00 · answer #9 · answered by Rob D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me, college was a life experience and a very important one at that
2006-08-02 13:28:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋