$640.00 to fill the tanks...

RST Engineering wrote:
I beg to differ. I am a product of CSU-San Diego and teach at Sierra
Community College in Rocklin and Grass Valley. The smart ones go to the CCS
to get their lower division classes at $24 a semester unit and, upon
graduation with a B average, a

Oh, so smart ones don't just hop right into a university out of high
school? That's a bizarre way of thinking, but if it makes the community
college people feel better, it's ok, I guess.

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:43:57 -0500, Emily
wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:
I beg to differ. I am a product of CSU-San Diego and teach at Sierra
Community College in Rocklin and Grass Valley. The smart ones go to the CCS
to get their lower division classes at $24 a semester unit and, upon
graduation with a B average, a

Oh, so smart ones don't just hop right into a university out of high
school? That's a bizarre way of thinking, but if it makes the community
college people feel better, it's ok, I guess.

Well, either way, you can graduate with a degree from UC Berkeley, but
one way you saved $40,000. I think that's what Jim meant by
"smarter."

Don

Don Tuite wrote:
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:43:57 -0500, Emily
wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:
I beg to differ. I am a product of CSU-San Diego and teach at Sierra
Community College in Rocklin and Grass Valley. The smart ones go to the CCS
to get their lower division classes at $24 a semester unit and, upon
graduation with a B average, a
Oh, so smart ones don't just hop right into a university out of high
school? That's a bizarre way of thinking, but if it makes the community
college people feel better, it's ok, I guess.

Well, either way, you can graduate with a degree from UC Berkeley, but
one way you saved $40,000. I think that's what Jim meant by
"smarter."

Who says that a person who went to a university for four years paid for
all of it?

Personally, I'm glad I never went to a community college. Way too easy
to not complete a four year degree. And let's face it, most employers
aren't happy with an associates.

Emily wrote:
Don Tuite wrote:

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:43:57 -0500, Emily
wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:

I beg to differ. I am a product of CSU-San Diego and teach at
Sierra Community College in Rocklin and Grass Valley. The smart
ones go to the CCS to get their lower division classes at $24 a
semester unit and, upon graduation with a B average, a

Oh, so smart ones don't just hop right into a university out of high
school? That's a bizarre way of thinking, but if it makes the
community college people feel better, it's ok, I guess.


Well, either way, you can graduate with a degree from UC Berkeley, but
one way you saved $40,000. I think that's what Jim meant by
"smarter."


Who says that a person who went to a university for four years paid for
all of it?

Personally, I'm glad I never went to a community college. Way too easy
to not complete a four year degree. And let's face it, most employers
aren't happy with an associates.

That may be true. People lacking self-motivation probably shouldn't go
the community college route. However, those who do are well served by
their self-motivation as evidenced by their later performance at the
university level.

Matt

Emily wrote:
RST Engineering wrote:

I beg to differ. I am a product of CSU-San Diego and teach at Sierra
Community College in Rocklin and Grass Valley. The smart ones go to
the CCS to get their lower division classes at $24 a semester unit
and, upon graduation with a B average, a


Oh, so smart ones don't just hop right into a university out of high
school? That's a bizarre way of thinking, but if it makes the community
college people feel better, it's ok, I guess.

Well, it takes money in addition to smarts to attend the expensive schools.

Matt

Matt Whiting wrote:

Well, it takes money in addition to smarts to attend the expensive schools.

Just like the rest of the world. Europe has expensive private schools
too. Both the U.S. and Europe have public universities that are
excellent and low cost.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:

Matt Whiting wrote:


Well, it takes money in addition to smarts to attend the expensive schools.


Just like the rest of the world. Europe has expensive private schools
too. Both the U.S. and Europe have public universities that are
excellent and low cost.

Very few low-cost public universities even come close to the tuition of
a community college, at least not in the northeast where I live. Maybe
elsewhere, but not here.

Matt

Why is it bizarre? Take a look at statewide stats and you will find that
folks transferring out of 2 year institutions into 4 year schools do better
grade point wise than those going straight into 4 year schools out of high
school.

Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't trade my 4 years at San Diego State for
anything, but when somebody asks me to name the best four teachers I had in
college, three of the four come from Grossmost Community College and one
from San Diego State.

Jim

"Emily" wrote in message
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Oh, so smart ones don't just hop right into a university out of high
school? That's a bizarre way of thinking, but if it makes the community
college people feel better, it's ok, I guess.

RST Engineering wrote:
Why is it bizarre? Take a look at statewide stats and you will find that
folks transferring out of 2 year institutions into 4 year schools do better
grade point wise than those going straight into 4 year schools out of high
school.

Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't trade my 4 years at San Diego State for
anything, but when somebody asks me to name the best four teachers I had in
college, three of the four come from Grossmost Community College and one
from San Diego State.

Strange. I took a few management classes at the largest community
college in the nation a few years ago - just for kicks, because I had
too much free time. Both instructors were terrible and nowhere near the
caliber I was used to from my college. Not to mention the other
students. I was scared I'd fail a drug test from sitting in the same
room as them.

Emily wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:

Why is it bizarre? Take a look at statewide stats and you will find
that folks transferring out of 2 year institutions into 4 year schools
do better grade point wise than those going straight into 4 year
schools out of high school.

Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't trade my 4 years at San Diego State
for anything, but when somebody asks me to name the best four teachers
I had in college, three of the four come from Grossmost Community
College and one from San Diego State.


Strange. I took a few management classes at the largest community
college in the nation a few years ago - just for kicks, because I had
too much free time. Both instructors were terrible and nowhere near the
caliber I was used to from my college. Not to mention the other
students. I was scared I'd fail a drug test from sitting in the same
room as them.

Large isn't necessarily equal to good. I've attended 7 different
schools at last count from one class taken at a community college to
some fairly well-respected institutions (Penn State, RIT, Alfred
University). The best school I attended was close to a community
college than a university - Penn State's Behrend campus. When I was
there (25 years ago), they were still primarily a two-year feeder
campus for Penn State, even though they did offer a handful of four-year
degrees in areas such as accounting. The instructors there were simply
outstanding and were focused on teaching rather than research.

Matt