Comments on: The Three Most Important Lessons I Learned in College http://www.behindthekit.com/2010/02/16/the-three-most-important-lessons-i-learned-in-college/ A rhythmic paradigm of music, culture and progress Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:07:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Top Ten Posts of 2010 http://www.behindthekit.com/2010/02/16/the-three-most-important-lessons-i-learned-in-college/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Top Ten Posts of 2010 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:09:49 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=847#comment-532 [...] 1. The three most important lessons I learned in college. [...] [...] 1. The three most important lessons I learned in college. [...]

]]> By: keith http://www.behindthekit.com/2010/02/16/the-three-most-important-lessons-i-learned-in-college/comment-page-1/#comment-262 keith Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:51:09 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=847#comment-262 Ryan- I think the biggest drawback with college and high school frankly is they don't teach you life skills and entrepreneurial skills of any sort. It's just 'job search' and 'resume updating'. How about investing? Passive income? dealing with idiots? Starting your own business? etc. The surreal bubble of college is quite intoxicating and makes for some good times.... Ryan- I think the biggest drawback with college and high school frankly is they don’t teach you life skills and entrepreneurial skills of any sort. It’s just ‘job search’ and ‘resume updating’. How about investing? Passive income? dealing with idiots? Starting your own business? etc.

The surreal bubble of college is quite intoxicating and makes for some good times….

]]> By: Ryan http://www.behindthekit.com/2010/02/16/the-three-most-important-lessons-i-learned-in-college/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Ryan Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:54:38 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=847#comment-256 I hear you Keith. I feel like the biggest thing I've learned in my young life is somewhere in line with #1... but I'm not sure I learned it in college. For me, college was a four year buffer between being a kid, and being a slightly older kid, thrust into an adult life with expectations and responsibility. I learned more in 3 months at my first "real world" job than I did in 4 years of school. In any case, I really don't think college teaches you how to survive in the world post-college. I'm not sure if there's any way you CAN be prepared for that... except, as you so eloquently put it in your math analogy, to do it for yourself. God, I loved me some college though :) I hear you Keith.

I feel like the biggest thing I’ve learned in my young life is somewhere in line with #1… but I’m not sure I learned it in college. For me, college was a four year buffer between being a kid, and being a slightly older kid, thrust into an adult life with expectations and responsibility. I learned more in 3 months at my first “real world” job than I did in 4 years of school.

In any case, I really don’t think college teaches you how to survive in the world post-college. I’m not sure if there’s any way you CAN be prepared for that… except, as you so eloquently put it in your math analogy, to do it for yourself.

God, I loved me some college though :)

]]> By: Vonya http://www.behindthekit.com/2010/02/16/the-three-most-important-lessons-i-learned-in-college/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Vonya Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:11:03 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=847#comment-255 I completely agree. Success compounds success. It is the small accomplishment (such as a project or difficult test) which gives one the inertia to scale the next hurdle. Short of brain injury, or death, nobody can take away what you have learned. Having a college degree expands your chance of getting that job. Even if you don't want to work for anybody else, earning a college degree diminishes the doubt in one's mind as they are embarking on their own dream to start a company, or invent something. I completely agree. Success compounds success. It is the small accomplishment (such as a project or difficult test) which gives one the inertia to scale the next hurdle. Short of brain injury, or death, nobody can take away what you have learned. Having a college degree expands your chance of getting that job. Even if you don’t want to work for anybody else, earning a college degree diminishes the doubt in one’s mind as they are embarking on their own dream to start a company, or invent something.

]]> By: keith http://www.behindthekit.com/2010/02/16/the-three-most-important-lessons-i-learned-in-college/comment-page-1/#comment-252 keith Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:40:17 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=847#comment-252 I was glad I waited after high school before I went to college. By the time I went back I loved it. I spent a couple years after high school working a job with no future so by the time I went back I was stoked to be there... I was glad I waited after high school before I went to college. By the time I went back I loved it. I spent a couple years after high school working a job with no future so by the time I went back I was stoked to be there…

]]> By: jeffshattuck http://www.behindthekit.com/2010/02/16/the-three-most-important-lessons-i-learned-in-college/comment-page-1/#comment-250 jeffshattuck Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:32:51 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=847#comment-250 Loved this post. Sadly, I still look back on college and struggle to define what it was I learned. I wish this weren't the case, but it is. In fact, I would say I didn't start learning really great lessons until I had been out of school for a few years. But one of the lessons I've learned is that I should have paid more attention in college! Jeff Loved this post.

Sadly, I still look back on college and struggle to define what it was I learned. I wish this weren’t the case, but it is. In fact, I would say I didn’t start learning really great lessons until I had been out of school for a few years. But one of the lessons I’ve learned is that I should have paid more attention in college!

Jeff

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