• BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It’s almost as if college isn’t about bettering yourself but paying a racket so you can check off a mandatory box on your resume for the pleasure of your corporate liege-lords…

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      4 hours ago

      Not to sound like a starry eyed idealist, but it’s both.

      It sucks that it’s just a weird mandatory box, but if you don’t cheat your way through college you should better yourself in lots of ways. Learning how to independently organize tasks and time and research and challenging your preconceptions and struggling to really grasp complex ideas.

      It should be all those things.

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      22 hours ago

      Correct.

      It’s also why everyone needs a linkedin and to wear a suit. We have an environment where you’re not an attractive hire unless you can show you’ve ‘paid into the system.’

      It’s fucked, and that’s by design. We need to start respecting people who are fighting back instead of shaming them.