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Universities should be more than toll gates

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140 points wdib | 1 comments | 21 Sep 25 07:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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aaplok ◴[21 Sep 25 10:17 UTC] No.45321470[source]▶
The elephant in the room here is that perhaps the biggest difference between the two learning experiences that OP is describing is himself.

He might just have discovered he is more mature at 30 than he was at 18...

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radialstub ◴[21 Sep 25 11:45 UTC] No.45321894[source]▶
There is a difference between learning about things that you find interesting at your own pace, and learning about things that interest other people with tight deadlines. Even if I enjoy learning, there were absolutely courses that were just a waste of time.
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1. RhysU ◴[21 Sep 25 12:32 UTC] No.45322141[source]▶
> ...there were absolutely courses that were just a waste of time.

How? Surely over 15 weeks each course taught you something about either the world or yourself.

I just looked back over my undergrad transcript to double check my experience. I took something away from every single class. It wasn't always the material itself.