I dropped out half way through my very first semester of college, after having dropped out half way through my senior year of high-school. I am now happily teaching myself many interesting things sitting at the library with my computer and books.
What about socializing? That's what meetup.com is for, I use interest groups extensively as a social outlet - specifically the Las Vegas Hiking and Outdoors meetup; I get to network with a large number of people.
While college/university may be well suited for many people, and is indeed a very successful formula, I feel it is an old and outdated way to learn important and interesting things.
An aerospace engineer I once I knew, who hadn't gone to college, said this to me: "Traditional [college] education stifles original thought." |