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@kingdomincreseguy And for some people, Beanie Babies were an investment.

@kingdomincreseguy Is that what dental school is? I've heard it's grueling, exhausting and masochistic. But I guess that's sort of like being on a Carnival cruise...

@resjudicata I too went to a very strong community college (near a large U.S. city, so lots of "failed" academics who were just fine at teaching, if not publishing). I then went into adjunct instruction, and I can tell you for a fact that professors are reminded by their deans and...

@resjudicata You're right about this, and I too took calc up to diff eqs. The question is whether the scope of the classes are the same. I would contend that a competitive university would have a larger scope. The concepts are the same, but there are more of them at Harvard than North...

@bear78 As did mine, but it's already challenging for a university department to create internal consistency in its course sequence. Expecting the dozens of community colleges in my state to coordinate with the dozens of state colleges on their programs is too much. Edit: As an example, my...

@melouise Agreed, but certain fields (engineering, pre-med) will put you at a significant disadvantage entering a 4-year as a junior. I went to a private university for a year before transferring to community college and then a competitive state college afterward. The community college...