The idea is silly. That is why I've never suggested it.iSon wrote:I'm afraid, as I seem to be reminded on a daily basis that wisdom doesn't always come with age. The idea of someone who's a few years older being any more capable of doing a truncated degree is silly.
Nor did I suggest 'firing facts' at students.iSon wrote:I can appreciate your point, but I think "time" is something that is needed when studying a subject at degree level. It's not a case of handing out some theory, understand and then complete an exam - that could all be done in a day. No, studying at university is about taking to time to understand a subject, look at arguments for and against and apply your learning in different ways. Take away the time element and you also take away large amount understanding. As Sput says, you don't always understand a subject straight away and if you were to fire facts and learning at students one after the other then where does that leave those who didn't grasp it in the first place?
I wasn't trying to imply the subjects were flawed.iSon wrote:You can still do well in theory based subjects too? Have you considered that you just weren't that good at them as opposed to the subjects being flawed?
Now that you mention it though, sociology was heavily flawed. We spent the whole time learning about various social theories but were never given historical examples of those theories being put into practice. Major flaw there. Unequal amounts of time were devoted to selected theories - I'm sorry to say that far too much emphasis was placed on Marxism. (Let the stereotyping commence.)
The exam question was an ambiguous load of toss which I gave up on after having written two paragraphs because I didn't know what else to say. I didn't bother turning up for the second exam. Too much subjectivity - for me.
So, my point was that you can't really go wrong with fact-based subjects.
Wonderful.iSon wrote:I cannot think of any sector that ignores people without university degrees. I think it's fair to say that any potential employer will always look favourably on someone who has studied something relevant. However, it's not the be all and end all and people - both with and without degrees get jobs every day. To take your journalism example - I never graduated but I found my way into journalism. Had I wanted to go on I could have. I'm thankful I didn't do a degree in the subject because I think I would have felt bound to continue on that career path even though deep down it wasn't the answer to my dreams.
If I can get on then so can others. There's point blaming the employers when it's the people themselves that might be at fault.