To all those who do/have studied at Uni...

[mrkmr]

Hay mate, i m a recent graduate whose just finished working as an accountant.

Just get that piece of paper with some decent grades on it. Once you do this you wont have a thing to worry about. Do whatever you want after. Work in finance, go travelling , work ****ty job with no responsibility and party everyday etc. Everyone goes through that should i drop out phase?

Also try get a job with an international company because the name sells. Even if you quit after 3mnths you can throw it on your resume.

You just want to find something you enjoy and can work in for the next 40 years. and hopefully pays well.

 

[prawn_86]

Im definitely not thinking about dropping out. Im too ambitious, and i know i need the qualifications.

I was just wondering if others have had similar experiences, which it looks as though they have had

 

[scuffler]

"but think you may have taken one step too far in condemning the “not so educated” ……………. If everybody was University educated, who would dig the holes and clean out the “gully traps of the world” etc etc."

100% agree with you.

People who go to UNI need to get into the REAL world!! imo.

And i know quite a few that have left UNI and cant keep down a job because they think they are higher than the job itself.
They should all start at the bottom like everyone else,imo,.

I hope this one doesnt get deleted also....there are 2 sides to a story!

:remybussi:remybussi

 

[julius]

scuff the point is these days so many people have degree's that many jobs you can't even get a look in without one

 

[prawn_86]

Scuffler, I suggest you read the title of this thread.

This is a thread for people who have studied at uni to discuss it, with relations to the questions I asked.

This is not a debate about whether uni is appropriate or not, as that is based on individual situations.

I find your generalisations offensive, and if I were as crude as you there is plenty of things i might say about those who dont go to uni...

Once again it is up to various circumstances, and dependent on each individual.

This thread is not designed to dicuss the merits for and against it.

 

[Hyperion]

Prawn,

I shared much the same sentiment as you, and decided to get a job to take up some of my spare time and hopefully see the relevance of my university studies to a real job. Instead, I found what motivated me was the fact that graduates at the firm were being paid more than double what the undergraduates were, not due to any extra skill/experience/effort but merely by virtue of holding a degree. Furthermore, I found the firm treated undergraduates in a completely different way, like we weren’t serious employees until we graduated. So unfortunately, regardless of whether university studies are/aren’t relevant or of sufficient depth, the fact that employers treat it as such a necessity makes the former pretty much a moot point.

On a separate point, as others have pointed out, if you find a subject easy, try to get 100 in it – it’s a lot harder than it seems.

Also, although I find my commerce degree relatively easy, I find my law degree far more difficult and definitely challenging and as such I devote far more of my time towards it. Would you consider taking up law?

Hyperion

 

[prawn_86]

On a separate point, as others have pointed out, if you find a subject easy, try to get 100 in it – it’s a lot harder than it seems.

Also, although I find my commerce degree relatively easy, I find my law degree far more difficult and definitely challenging and as such I devote far more of my time towards it. Would you consider taking up law?

Hell no.

In fact my contract law subject was the subject in which I got my lowest ever score!


On a bit of a seperate note, I just contacted the head prof of my degree and found out that I am in the top 10 grades wise. He couldnt tell me where, but said not first. So now I have a target to aim for

 

[nioka]

I heard someone say the other day; " A university degree can make a person a man amoung children but a child amoung men "
In my opinion a degree is a start in the learning process and not the end.

 

[BradK]

I heard someone say the other day; " A university degree can make a person a man amoung children but a child amoung men "
In my opinion a degree is a start in the learning process and not the end.

I agree.

I graduated 10 years ago and learnt more 'on the job' than in my degree. However, I do agree that a degree opens doors for you. I have been traveling around the world, and find that a degree is valued.

brad

 

[theasxgorilla]

I agree.

I graduated 10 years ago and learnt more 'on the job' than in my degree. However, I do agree that a degree opens doors for you. I have been traveling around the world, and find that a degree is valued.

Yep. I think I would have struggled to get a proper look-in over here without one. Much more of an issue than in the southern hemisphere.