Other people's thoughts on education
Future value of college degrees. For professions where an entry-level employee can get some real high-value work done, I do see that college degrees may become passe; however, most people do have to have years of job experience before they have a huge impact on the business. So the signalling worth of a college degree indicating a certain minimum intelligence, a certain ability to follow directions, and a tolerance for tedium will be around for the forseeable future.
But if I were a company like Google, I wouldn't necessarily wait for people to have degrees before trying to hire them.
Fr. Rutler commenting on kindergarten. I like Fr. Rutler, and I've been to his church which is near where I work. Like the good Father, I also preferred the company of adults when I was a child, and learned far more from the wide world than in school. Also, I do miss NYC for the kids, in that I think it's the most intellectually stimulating place in the world to be -- around all those =people=. But kids also need space, and I'm happy to have them running around in the yard and harassing the wildlife. Harrass the chipmunks, my darlings. Damn rodents eating our plants.
But if I were a company like Google, I wouldn't necessarily wait for people to have degrees before trying to hire them.
Fr. Rutler commenting on kindergarten. I like Fr. Rutler, and I've been to his church which is near where I work. Like the good Father, I also preferred the company of adults when I was a child, and learned far more from the wide world than in school. Also, I do miss NYC for the kids, in that I think it's the most intellectually stimulating place in the world to be -- around all those =people=. But kids also need space, and I'm happy to have them running around in the yard and harassing the wildlife. Harrass the chipmunks, my darlings. Damn rodents eating our plants.