He thinks he can run an engineering firm eventually without any knowledge of it? I certainly would prefer a boss who knew the field and likewise as a client. Sounds like someone more interested in making a quick buck than educating himself. Not at all an intellectual. College is so much more than job skills. Much better students than he is do not always have a 4.0 because they challenge themselves with their course choices. His problem, not mine.
@VryCnfsd I am also guilty of misusing the word “adverse” all the time. And I know “averse” is the correct word to use in that context but it’s some kind of mental block – I just always write adverse.
Yes, the quadratic formula is taught in algebra 1, normally a 9th grade course (but often taken earlier by those good at math).
With this one statement, he lost me: “If there was any platform that swayed my decision, it was definitely YouTube.”
Oy.
He reminds me of a kindergarten student I have this year that told me he didn’t want to color because it was “old-school.”
He doesn’t know the difference between “averse” and “adverse.”
Ah, he’s one of those students - the whole “school never teaches you real things like doing your taxes” mantra. Not a parent here, but I asked my dad to show me when he filed his taxes the past cycle. Not too bad, tbh, and it certainly doesn’t require a class to me.
But if he didn’t understand that all that pointless math was necessary for his major or what the value of a college education even is, then I guess it’s good he dropped out. I just hope his rhetoric doesn’t influence anyone else.
For most people (W-2 income and possibly some common investment income like interest, dividends, and occasional capital gain/loss, standard deduction or common schedule A itemized deductions), doing US federal income tax should not be difficult even by hand. Using one of the many computer programs to do it makes it even easier.
I hope he never has need for any of those silly college kids who went on to be lawyers and CPAs. I hope his business is never audited, his children never need a teacher or a nurse or a dentist. Not everyone needs to go to college, but many professions require it, and some of us happen to like learning, even learning things that are unnecessary to our careers.
Yes, it may be the case that a small business like his would have a more complex income tax situation, so he may need to hire a tax accountant to help him with his business’ income tax.
Another know-it-all 19/20 year old.
Another failed startup.
Only when you’ve gone through college and are out working do you realize how little you actually know.
All I could think of was that one day he will have kids, and they will need his help with Algebra right before a test, and he won’t be able to give them some pointers, because he dropped out.
Just because you got a 4.0 your first semester doesn’t mean you have college figured out, especially if that 4.0 came from a school like Kansas State. Have fun at the University of Phoenix, kid.
Looking forward to meeting this kid while he makes my latte in a few years. His poor parents…
I’m just happy he will never be a structural engineer.
@citymama9 I know lots and lots of parents with college degrees who weren’t able to help their kids with basic algebra. When you haven’t used it in 20+ years, it’s a skill that goes away. Sure, not for everyone, but for a lot of people.
In retrospect, I think being college educated has helped me be a parent as much as it helped with a career. True, you can forget the math easily, but you have the skills to know how to find the answers when you don’t have them. Not everyone is disciplined to study literature and history and science on their own. In my case, if I hadn’t learned certain things in school I wouldn’t have sought them out. It’s helpful to be able to talk to your kids about what they are learning, and help on occasion. College isn’t for everyone, and you can be a great parent without being college educated, but in our case it’s come in handy.
@romanigypsyeyes when I wrote that about the algebra I was trying to be funny, but there is definitely some truth in what I said.
Very beginning of 9th grade algebra at the absolute latest. And for some, it was covered in middle or even elementary school. BTW: Quadratic equations was one of the easiest parts of late middle school/9th grade math for yours truly.
He needs hours to figure it out?? And he’s a college freshman? Sounds a bit like a friend’s ex-GF who was struggling through basic 9th grade algebra class in college to fulfill her math requirement for her major in elementary ed…despite repeating the course for the third time.
Some people prefer using computer programs to do their taxes even with the simple math because of the absolute tedium of looking at those bureaucratic forms. Those programs hide those forms in a more visually appealing manner.
[sarcasm]Not if he enters the exhilarating exciting world of architecture and civil engineering through tofu/marshmallow construction techniques.
Think of all the excitement and thrills from the crumbing and collapsing bridges and buildings as shown through an old comedy movie scene of a bridge collapsing just moments after fictional Queen Victoria cut the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the bridge. [/sarcasm]
I hadn’t given much notice to the marriage class idea before. How would that work exactly? How do you determine, on an A, B, C, D, F scale, how prepared someone is for marriage in a college curriculum? Would there be a sliding scale for bonus points for being in a relationship based on time? 8-}
Can you imagine a multiple choice test in that class? :>