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Viseroid:
@kostya
College was a pain. I learned how to learn quickly and follow directions and that was about it. Though I graduated with a degree in chemistry I will instead become an officer in the US air force. Can't believe I paid ~40K USD for stuff I could've taught myself (well, I did teach myself).
The way college works pisses me off (well at least my college, University of Washington). I pay 2000 some dollars per quarter for several hours of droning from a professor only to do 99% of the learning by myself; I essentially paid money to take tests. On top of that they make me take useless classes. College is the waiting line for you to purchase accreditation. A good GPA and the right degree is nice but oftentimes if you don't have work experience you're useless.
I did have fun at college but also learned one really big thing: college isn't for everyone and just because you go to it doesn't mean you'll set for life. College is a lens that focuses your aspirations. I didn't have any aspirations that college could help me with so outside of the diploma that will let me apply to officer school it was useless for me.

fohfoh:
I learned more in College than University. But then again, they're inherently different in Canada than the USA.

I hate people who always go, "This is a great class. It's an Easy A."

Retarded classes. The Uni's way of allowing students to pay for grades.

Grades sort of mean shit all. I'd rather get B's instead of A's so that I learn more things. There's many interesting and useful courses... not sure if stuff like "music history", "analysis of china town" and other stuff is useful.

shabutie:
I hate taking classes that have nothing to do with my degree... (much like what fohfoh said ^_^)

kurandoinu:
I think thats an advantage of English colleges and universities. You can specialise a damn site earlier. I did a BTEC in Graphic Design in college- so only had Graphics, Illustration, CAD and Contextual Studies classes. Now I'm doing a BA Hons in Graphic Design, and my listed classes are Graphic Design, Visual Expression and Contextualising Visual Studies.

Pet hate of mine is that everyone assumes that art related degree= easy. We're actually some of the hardest workers out there, because you can't just rush cram for art.

Viseroid:
@kurandoinu
That must be nice. At my university people normally declared/applied for their majors nearing the end of their sophmore year. No matter what we did general education credits had to be fulfilled: writing, English, art, foreign language, and social studies. If kids were geniuses they sometimes managed walk right into computer science or bioengineering departments first year. The most fun was probably the clay throwing class. I found that I had a pretty good talent for it, unfortunately, I'll probably never throw clay again.
A pet peeve of mine is when I tell someone my opinion on something and they immediately try to generalize me with some group. I lived in a house of 9 was the only guy. One day abortion came up and I said that I was against it in most situations and caught enough flak to put several air divisions down xD. They tried to call me conservative. I told them I was just being me; ask me about gay rights and I guarantee you a "liberal" answer. Think with your head, not with a platform.

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