The education

It all depends on what your degree is in. If you're specialized in something like education or engineering, then that's great. However, if you wasted 100k on a philosophy degree, it's like throwing money down a well (you goonie).

My education was definitely worth it. Four years at good ol Florida Institute of Technology. The college loans currently have me bent over a table. All I can do is take the pounding. Education I received? Would not trade it for anything.

In my life so far, working as a sales rep and manager mostly, everything I can recall learning I learned on the job. That being said I am surprised at how often I get asked where I went to school. If I were to go back I would go someplace people have heard of, not necessarily a top business school because I didn't have the grades but at least a big U of Something for the notoriety and to tap into the alumni database.

ita alittle important

why else would you go to col;ege but to learn something

Not going to college is still one of my biggest regrets. I don't live in the past but it still bothers me.

It's A Must In Life!

I did not finish my degree. I left to take a job as a political aide and I never went back and I have never regretted it. This is not to say I did not get an education in college, I just don't have letters after my name. While I have profound respect for many folks who do, having the aforesaid letters is no guarantee they can think, and not having them is equally not a guarantee of the opposite.

Depending on where you go the learning experience can be amazing. Taking electives really expands your horizons.

That's an awful lot of money to spend if your education isn't your top priority.

No matter how much Mom and Dad paid to put me through 4-5 years of endless lectures, exams, and essays, the material I got out of it is priceless in itself.

I would like to think this is the reason for going.....

I think whats good about education in college is when you have tutors or lecturers that actually give a damn about what their teaching and most importantly the welfare of the students their teaching. At Uni the teachers couldn't give rats ass if you were passionate about a subject or not and it showed horribly. Half the time they talked and lectured as if they would have rather been at home, it was all about them and not the students which was the wrong attitude to have. When you want to learn and get as much knowledge and even information on a specialist subject from someone who is more experienced in this subject than you are, your paying for it and its to equip you for the future I cannot tell you how mentally frustrating, time-consuming and even sad this is.

I owe everyting to my education- travelling, publishing, meeting people all over the world, meeting my wife, great books, great times. . .I could go on and on. You get out of college what you put in. Give your education your best and it pays- literally and figuratively.

I learned, but I learned more outside of the classroom than in.

Education? Lol! If I took the time to actually learn the crap I was supposed to learn, I might actually be more unemployable than I actually am! (j/k!) Seriously, I had one philosophy class that annoyed the hell out of me. The student instructor and the professor took themselves so seriously, I almost felt pity for them, knowing there was no way anyone would and SHOULD ever hire them! Put simply, I would never ever hire a philosophy major, wow! What a kooked out field!

It's all up to you--you can leave college with a degree in your hand and nothing in your head, or you can leave having learned a lot. Your choice. Though I went to a first-rate school, I was at least as interested in drinking beer and chasing girls as I was in studying; really I didn't get the bulk of my education until the two years I spent OFF after my B.A., and until I went to graduate school. There are some people who cheat their way through school; sometimes I meet them at the interview table, and believe me I can tell; I smile politely and show them the door. Maybe someone else will hire them, but NOT ME.

This was the best part, and why I did go to college. I could have done without math though(yeah I know I need it, but the subject is horrid)

As Enkidu said, this is all up to you. Having a fancy education does not make you a better more rounded person. We need not look any further than Moosekarloff for a prime example of this. I got my degree in something totally useless to most people, but as my friends bitched and moaned over their CPA exams and statistics courses, I loved my classes and loved researching for them. The purpose of an education is to engage one's mind and learn to think critically and that's what I got, I hope.

You get out of it what you put into it. Definitely sets you up to achieve and earn more money.

A wise person once told me that if you ever stop learning, you know you have a problem. VERY wise words.

What's important is gaining some marketable skills that you'll be able to use later on. Of course, the liberal arts are also really important. What college should teach at the end of the day is how to think effectively; whatever your major is this should be your goal. It's better to leave your personal biases at home and open up to new ideas.

No doubt in my mind that this is the best reason for going to college. It is worth the money and time.