Why is it that going to University Costs so much.

jaygirl

echelon101 wrote: »

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So two. But the point I am getting is that the proposition of University is do a subject that you enjoy, and acquire the expertise to successfully apply for a job in that field.

If you want to do things in life you have to pay for them, especially tuition.

I studied French and Spanish at university because I wanted to be a languages teacher. I'd say that's pretty useful in the long-run! I'm now doing further study for a PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages and most parents appear to want their children taught by graduates.

During my degree I went out and enjoyed myself - I went straight from school, I was not ready for the real world and uni eased me into it, so I worked hard and had a good time, and now I'm training to do what I wanted to do. Useful and I resent the implication that any subject taught at uni (within reason) is useless: they all teach transferable skills, and uni is equally (for young people anyway) about growing up and discovering yourself. I'd still be living with my parents in a small village without the experiences of living abroad and on my own, being independent if I hadn't gone to uni. That's a valuable skill even if my fluency in 2 languages and knowledge about the culture, history and politics isn't!