thought for the day

Feb 01, 2009 14:49

Academia draws out to self-important lengths information which any reasonably intelligent, observant human being of any educational background could discover and digest within a matter of seconds. This is why my first attempt at grad school failed miserably.

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thought for the day anonymous February 11 2009, 19:11:03 UTC
Well said.

Reminds me of this quote from Good Will Hunting, which is way better than most people pretend, incidentally...

"You dropped 150 grand on a fucking education you could have got for a dollar fifty and late charges at the public library"

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Re: thought for the day jedophile February 11 2009, 19:13:26 UTC
Yup.

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Re: thought for the day jedophile February 11 2009, 19:13:59 UTC
And yeah, Good Will Hunting isn't terrible just because it won an oscar or something.

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Re: thought for the day frommynoggin February 11 2009, 19:26:49 UTC
The $150 grand is the price of admission to the club. Not for the education...

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