StrongestSperm
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Hey everyone,
It's been a long time since I've last posted anywhere on this site. (So much so that I don't even know what email I used to sign up) Anyways. I just wanted to try and do a Reddit style AMA for those of you that are freaking out or asking the same question.
A little about me: I graduated in the class of 09 from a selective school. Most of my grade went off to do Law or Medicine. I did a Bachelor of Media (Media Production) at UNSW. Boy were my parents proud of me! I digress. Uni was a great time for me, solidified existing relationships between friends and met some really amazing people but in terms of an education I don't think it was particularly useful. In fact in one course in which I got to know the tutor/lecturer rather well, over beers he admitted that the 80% of the stuff that he taught us over the semester he doesn't use in his own work. As he only teaches the material once a year he has to resort to YouTube tutorials to refresh his memory in order to teach classes.
This brings me to the point I'm trying to make. As someone who wants to be a creative, free resources as well as paid workshops in the field that I want to go into have been a wealth of information. Lectures from http://www.creativelive.com have taught me more than entire years worth of coursework in my degree. I'm not saying don't educate yourself so please don't misconstrue what I'm trying to say. Education is important, constantly learning and becoming better at what you want to do is incredibly important. In fact, since I've left uni I've read further, wider and more extensively than I ever did.
I'm not alone in this. The vast majority of my cohort within the Media program and many others in, Arts, Commerce, Actuarial Studies etc. agree with the fact that within the workforce, not much if any of the stuff they studied is applicable. Arguably, if your goal is to make money in the future, the only courses that I can think of off the top of my head that a university degree is a necessity in are Law and Medicine. Yes, we can go tangentially and discuss whether or not the piece of paper that you get at the end qualifies you more than someone that doesn't but I've been having the same debate with my mum for the last 4 years so I'd rather not get into it. Everyone's circumstances are going to be different so take what you will from this and apply it to yourself. Maybe it is worth it for you as an individual to go study in uni but don't let yourself be locked into the one degree, educate yourself in your other interests. You never know where they will take you.
In summary, with my experience of uni, I don't think that the price is justified. Yes you can HECS it but you're going to be leaving a course after x amount of years with a buttload of debt. More so now than ever. I was fortunate enough to finish my degree prior to the recently announced government changes.
TL;DR - Education is important, Bettering yourself through education is important. Uni, not so much.
I'll be checking back on this post daily over the next week. More if people actually care and have questions but I'll leave you all with a video I made which I think accurately reflects how much I actually got out of my education at uni.
It's been a long time since I've last posted anywhere on this site. (So much so that I don't even know what email I used to sign up) Anyways. I just wanted to try and do a Reddit style AMA for those of you that are freaking out or asking the same question.
A little about me: I graduated in the class of 09 from a selective school. Most of my grade went off to do Law or Medicine. I did a Bachelor of Media (Media Production) at UNSW. Boy were my parents proud of me! I digress. Uni was a great time for me, solidified existing relationships between friends and met some really amazing people but in terms of an education I don't think it was particularly useful. In fact in one course in which I got to know the tutor/lecturer rather well, over beers he admitted that the 80% of the stuff that he taught us over the semester he doesn't use in his own work. As he only teaches the material once a year he has to resort to YouTube tutorials to refresh his memory in order to teach classes.
This brings me to the point I'm trying to make. As someone who wants to be a creative, free resources as well as paid workshops in the field that I want to go into have been a wealth of information. Lectures from http://www.creativelive.com have taught me more than entire years worth of coursework in my degree. I'm not saying don't educate yourself so please don't misconstrue what I'm trying to say. Education is important, constantly learning and becoming better at what you want to do is incredibly important. In fact, since I've left uni I've read further, wider and more extensively than I ever did.
I'm not alone in this. The vast majority of my cohort within the Media program and many others in, Arts, Commerce, Actuarial Studies etc. agree with the fact that within the workforce, not much if any of the stuff they studied is applicable. Arguably, if your goal is to make money in the future, the only courses that I can think of off the top of my head that a university degree is a necessity in are Law and Medicine. Yes, we can go tangentially and discuss whether or not the piece of paper that you get at the end qualifies you more than someone that doesn't but I've been having the same debate with my mum for the last 4 years so I'd rather not get into it. Everyone's circumstances are going to be different so take what you will from this and apply it to yourself. Maybe it is worth it for you as an individual to go study in uni but don't let yourself be locked into the one degree, educate yourself in your other interests. You never know where they will take you.
In summary, with my experience of uni, I don't think that the price is justified. Yes you can HECS it but you're going to be leaving a course after x amount of years with a buttload of debt. More so now than ever. I was fortunate enough to finish my degree prior to the recently announced government changes.
TL;DR - Education is important, Bettering yourself through education is important. Uni, not so much.
I'll be checking back on this post daily over the next week. More if people actually care and have questions but I'll leave you all with a video I made which I think accurately reflects how much I actually got out of my education at uni.