2026-04-20 16:44 UTC
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@fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2026-04-20 20:48
There should be regulations on what degrees and certificates employers can ask for, and costs for those degrees should be imposed on employers who demand them
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@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-20 17:27
I keep saying it about AI written essays, but it applies here: College as we know it is bullshit and I hope this technology sparks the fire that burns it down. The business model of quasi-requiring all young people to spend 4 years going into massive debt for the privilege of mostly repeating high school needs to die. This shit about "become a well-rounded individual" also needs to die. That nonsense came about in the mid-20th century when it seemed industry, automation and electrical gadgetry was going to free us of toil, that in the future, George Jetson spends 3 hours a day, 3 days a week putting his feet up on his desk, so schools should teach art and music and literature classes to give people healthy hobbies so they know what to do with all this time they have. Wash that through the baby boomer intellect and it comes out "EXPLAIN THE THEMES IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS OR DIE A DITCH DIGGER." No such reduction in toil has happened. Artificial, gaseous toil has been created that expands to take up all available time. We cling to this idea that "You are young. This is school time. You learn until you're adult. When adult, you stop learn and start work. Never school again only work." Which is the dumbest thing ever. We should offer all kinds of classes to all ages of people. You should be able to take a sociology class as a 38 year old man as casually as you can take yoga. Formal courses of study should be for earning *certifications.* You want to fly a plane? You need to complete this entire syllabus and take and pass this lengthy practical test so that we're sure you won't negligently crash into a neighborhood. You want to be a civil engineer? You need to complete this entire syllabus and pass this lengthy practical test so that we're sure you won't negligently sign off on a building that will collapse. Humanities classes, arts and crafts, fine arts, culinary skills...this stuff needs to be available to anyone who wants them and not tacked onto technical training as a way to wring more money out of students.
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@fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 2026-04-20 18:19
I regret going to college, the speedrunners have the right to get the credential they need