Yikes! My Daughter Wants a $145K Bachelor's Degree.

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by SurfDoctor, Dec 12, 2010.

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  1. truckie270

    truckie270 New Member

    Great point. My whole goal for adjuncting has been to get into progressively better schools to make the kind of money that will allow my kids to go to college wherever they want to within reason.

    Online degrees are great for many, especially the majority of this board who see a degree as mearly a step in the professional journey. For a kid, starting out with options and none of the typical restraints that lead one to online education, I would highly discourage an online degree. I have never been a traditional student and although I would not trade my current life for anything, I do believe I missed out by not doing the traditional thing. Good luck. The English teacher thing - that is a whole other conversation.
     
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  2. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Oh please.
     
  3. emmzee

    emmzee New Member

    Michael, I remember you were inquiring about BIOLA before, have you & your daughter considered going there? It would be high on my list but that's just me. :D

    Also, I think warguns makes a churlishly phrased but valid point that the experience of going to a university is important for a young person. My roommate for example lived at home the entire time he was doing his undergrad degree and now regrets it because he feels like he missed out on a lot of the community and social life that comes with living away from home on campus.
     
  4. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Don't sweat it MO. Take Warguns with a grain of salt. Somebody should feel fortunate to be offered any education, online or otherwise. For someone to say you should be ashamed to think about a DL degree for your daughter is probably touched in the head. I do think it would be good for her to start her path at one of our great local Community Colleges so she can get the B&M experience. There is no reason to go straight to a Uni. The end result will be the same, a four year degree from a Uni.

    Abner :)


     
  5. warguns

    warguns Member

    Please what? I would be ashamed to deny my daughter the experience of a residential college.

    One thing about being online, people just have no shame.
     
  6. warguns

    warguns Member

    I'm not so touched in the head to go to CCU!

    "Touched in the head" because I recognize that the experience of living in a college environment is beneficial and the opportunity should be taken if it can be afforded?

    At a real college, you'll learn just as much from your fellow students as you will from the faculty. In fact, I always urge students to go to a college that is a reach for them, where most of the students will be smarter. That's the way to get an education.

    There are legitimate reasons why one gets an online degree or one from a commuter college but the education will always be inferior to a quality residential college.
     
  7. Mighty_Tiki

    Mighty_Tiki Member

    If you believe this then why are you posting to a distance learning board in the first place? I don't even know where to begin to show just how much of a fallacy this statement is.
     
  8. Mighty_Tiki

    Mighty_Tiki Member

    The experience of living on campus isn't always what it's cracked up to be.
     
  9. Woah, woah, woah... You can support distance learning and still recognize the merits of campus-based learning. There are many positives to face-to-face interaction and the typical college experience -- parties, protests, and all. It is fun and something I think a lot of young people would benefit more from than online learning. Whether or not you actually learn more in a traditional program, I cannot say.
     
  10. Woho

    Woho New Member

    I would strongly support the b&m idea.
    College life is a valuable life experience and helps a kid to stand on their own feet. Of cause looking for alternative colleges, or at least one with a high name recognition, would be a good idea.
    But I guess the true motivation is somewhat more that she likes the school because of some personal reasons e.g. friends go there, positive atmosphere, rather than scholarly issues. We degree junkies sometimes overlook that there are other factors beyond money/name recognition ;)
     
  11. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    I shouldn't even reply to this, but I suppose I will take the bait one time. If you read my post more carefully, you will see that I am not denying her anything. SHE chose not to spend the idiotic amount of money for a mere bachelors degree. Her and I are in agreement on the price tag. I am trying to sell her on the idea of DL and not finding much success. We have a nice sized fund that we have been saving for many years to pay for her college; she is very disappointed but has made a very mature choice not to blow her university money in this way. The idea behind it is to have some left over to finance a master's degree or higher.

    If I were you, I would be ashamed of how I criticize and demean someone who is merely seeking information. I will not reply to you again on this line of discussion.
     
  12. I try to avoid bringing up family stuff on internet forums for just this reason, it seems people are way too bold and callous and you're bound to get crapped on.
     
  13. GeneralSnus

    GeneralSnus Member

    In all fairness, warguns said he personally would be ashamed. He never said you should be ashamed. Each person's situation is different.
     
  14. airtorn

    airtorn Moderator

    Why would you turn down a free in-residence RA education?
     
  15. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    :soapbox: You shouldn't pay more than X for a degree

    :soapbox: YOU'RE the parent, not her.

    :soapbox: DL for young people is depriving them of life's experiences

    :soapbox: Dorm and party life is the downfall of the college experience

    :soapbox: Don't ever say anything bad about any RA school!


    Blah, blah, blah. I have an idea, start a thread. This thread already had a topic.
     
  16. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Good point. I think I'll go with you on that one next time.
     
  17. warguns

    warguns Member

    I would be ashamed. You would not be ashamed. Some people have no shame.
     
  18. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    Technically true, but the implication is still there. I hate getting into this kind of crap; I'm done replying to this particular vein of the thread.
     
  19. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    I feel very blessed that my daughter recognized the foolishness before I did. She actually said to me first that it was not worth it.
     
  20. warguns

    warguns Member

    no response necessary

    And I'm explaining to you that saving money is not the point, a residential experience is a better education than distance education, especially for an undergraduate.

    You admit you don't know much and ask for insights. I gave you mine.

    Not much for you to say. I provided my daughter with the best education I can afford, which means a quality residential college. Even though you can afford better, you want she stay at home and take a distance degree because it's cheap.

    I think our respective points of view are perfectly clear.
     

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