Was college just about education for you or was it also an 'experience'....

I have taken online classes through 3 different colleges. One was to finish up my associates degree after moving to a new state. Then I took classes through the University of Phoenix, which were okay but you got nothing for the price you paid. The last classes I took were through the Art Institute where the instructors expected you to know all kinds of stuff that they didn't teach and what they did teach is not worth poo in the workforce. So you have a 4 year degree and still have to take more classes because the field requires so much more.

Really? You don't think online courses are quality? Like you I cannot imagine sitting in class again. The way I like to learn is by doing. If I want to learn how to do bookkeeping or how to assist with something, I would much rather just DO it and have someone teach me or help while I did it instead of sitting in a class. Classes and listening to a lecture and spitting stuff out on paper does not prove anything. It doesn't show you can function in a work environment. In the same vein, I feel if you can show you can function and perform the skills needed in a work environment, then you are qualified and you should get an 'honorary' degree since you know the stuff.

What a wonderful first post to this discussion! I've thought about this because I did not have a college experience, I had intended to when I was younger but that's not how it turned out. It sounds like you're talking about real life experience, like learning how to manage everything from your courses and studying to your free time, social things, taking care of your apartment or dorm, maybe working. It's funny to think back to that time and feel like you were still innocent lol.

I found that experiencing college helped me out in my life outside of college because I learned a lot more responsibility, but I also learned when to have fun. What I am talking about though is that college taught me to enjoy learning even more than I did before. I never really considered myself as innocent in my college years though, there was too much going on for me to truly be considered innocent.