thoughts about “school” in general

got a lot on my mind today

anyway yesterday in class i started thinking about how much i really enjoyed railroad school compared to any other school i’ve ever gone through.  why is that?

I think eventually with the rediculous costs of college now, people will probably gravitate more toward trade schools.  to me, you learn enough “basics” in high school that you dont need 2+ more years of that (gen ed) in college.  really all you probably need to do is figure out what you like to do most and spend maybe a solid 6 months learning it at a trade school or on the job training (obvious exceptions for really high end work like doctors, lawyers, architechs). 

yes, i get the idea that college is more than just the classes.  its the life experience.  fine, go live in a college town, maybe take a few fun classes and have a part time job.  you can still get that experience and not spend 10’s of thousands of dollars.  then dive into whatever you really want to do later (when you are even more sure of it).  how many people are sure of what they want to do when they are 18?  heck i didnt decide on this railroad thing until i was 24, and this is a solid 3 years after i already knew i didn’t like what i was learning at kstate.

i just meet too many people who never use their degree for what they intended and they are way in debt for it.  i just dont see any way that keeps up in the long run.  or maybe it will, i dunno society is never in a hurry to change whats broken.