Things They Don't Teach You in School
So I guess this was a comedy piece? Some more serious issues I&#x27;ve noticed:<p>#1. They don&#x27;t teach you that teachers are paid to put up with you. Employers aren&#x27;t paid to put up with you. They&#x27;re paid to fire people who waste their time and interfere with the work that needs to get done.<p>#2. They don&#x27;t teach you how to not waste people&#x27;s time. Some of the group activities that force mingling are the worst. Most real work does not require communication, especially at entry level positions. Take instructions once, and just deliver what is being asked of you.<p>#3. They don&#x27;t teach you what&#x27;s being asked of you. Students show up at class, deliver homework and take exams, with the occasional project maybe. Work is all exams. It&#x27;s about your constant output that is monetarily valued by your employer, which is always being examined. Homework and exams have no value. But the degree has value, right?<p>#4. They don&#x27;t teach you the degree has little value.<p>The list can go much longer, but even if you&#x27;re a Harvard PhD, until you get this, you&#x27;re a fraud. And even if you&#x27;re a high school dropout, if you get it, you&#x27;re in business. Employers don&#x27;t really care where you&#x27;re from once you&#x27;re in the building. They just need things to get done.<p>(The degree acquiring experience can be spectacular for you regardless of where you go actually, but degrees just aren&#x27;t worth what they used to be, for sure.)