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"There is no darkness but ignorance." - Shakespeare, Twelfth Night. Go to college if you can, but be careful thinking that it's going to land you a job because it probably won't, especially if you're not going to professionalize yourself by obtaining a graduate degree. Instead, think of your undergrad as a way to learn how to think critically with logic and reason and express yourself in the same manner. It should also inspire a drive for lifelong learning to bring you out of the darkness and into the light.

Would you like your teacher/ doctor/ nurse/ engineer/ lawyer to have no higher education?

@dennismorris7573

2 күн бұрын

Exactly correct.

@bmiller949

2 күн бұрын

I graduated college over 40 years ago. In that time I have only worked for one company who had the intellectual brain power I saw on campus. Most companies I have been at have the thinking capacity of a bowl of gruel.

@Me97202

2 күн бұрын

Now you’re just being silly. Of course not.

@masterchinese28

2 күн бұрын

Would you like to live in a society where everyone is a teacher/doctor/nurse/engineer/lawyer? Those people need degrees, but they have always been and will continue to be a small part of the population.

A good liberal arts education with extensive reading in literature, mathematics and history - what used to be a standard college's Humanities pre-major - is a very good foundation for life and one's ability to think. People like Trump tend to draw from those without the ability to see past his rhetoric and its authoritarian models in the past.

@darcywagoner3614

2 күн бұрын

You may think you know it all, but trust me, you don't

@victorblock3421

16 сағат бұрын

You couldn't stop yourself, just couldn't. The TDS burns inside you. lol

@gigiontube

10 сағат бұрын

Jealousy and stupidity are hard to combat. So, enjoy your attributes for the rest of your life !

We need more middle opinions, thanks Bill

Another case of 'do as I say not as I do': Maher attended Cornell University, where he double-majored in English and history, and graduated in 1978.

@Me97202

Күн бұрын

The world has changed since 1978.

didnt anyone see when he said about people with college degrees "they just make a lot more money." uh yes? thats the point and why its worth it.

@Jonas88Stankovich

Күн бұрын

I believe his point was that the debt accumulated to earn a degree offsets the "more money".

@theoverman827

Күн бұрын

before that he said it was a ticket to the middle class, another point in favor of getting a degree

This guy is so pompous and obnoxious. He thinks he’s way smarter than he actually is

I’m glad I went to college Bill, lt gave me confidence and strengthen my ability to look outside the box. I did poorly in high school and teachers didn’t believe in me. It’s not a scam, education is awesome, college needs to be cheaper. Trump is extremely dangerous, permanently say good bye to democracy in the U.S.! I would vote a can of soup before voting for Trump.

Bill Maher is absolutely correct about the complete and utter uselessness of a college degree for most jobs in the economy that actually exist. Although I have a college degree, it was never useful for work I have done throughout my life. I could have done all these jobs straight out of seventh grade (yes I was very talented and hard working). Although I often agree with Bill, I would like to correct a misstatement he made. In fact, a college degree is NOT required for admission into medical, law, optometry, or pharmacy school. You can fact-check that with any school offering these degrees (a good source is the book entitled, "Medical School Admission Requirements" which an associate gave me when I was an undergraduate at U. C. Berkeley). It clearly states that a Bachelor's degree is NOT required for admission. You need the equivalent of the first two years of U.S. higher education, which many high school students can take through A.P. courses, or taking the relevant courses at a junior college at night or during summers while attending high school. The fact that most students and their parents don't verify this admission requirement is why they are bamboozled into bachelor degree programs, which are useless. One commentator below mentioned that one of their children was passed over for a job for lack of having a bachelor's degree. Although most jobs don't require a degree for actually doing the job, Human Resources departments often weed out people who don't have one. That does not mean the job couldn't be done without the degree (but instead with one to two months worth of on-the-job training). Only that H.R. departments ask for one; but H.R. people are not the ones actually doing the job, they are just "reading their lines" during the interview.

I don't know about the return on getting a college degree. A union electrician or plumber. I should have done that. Some kind of government job. I'd still be working.

How convenient it is for Bill Maher, and Ivy League Graduate, to tell others not to become educated. I'm against Bill Maher

@JackieDaytona1776

2 күн бұрын

You're not getting his point.

@jpdurr

2 күн бұрын

@@JackieDaytona1776 No I got his "point". Perhaps your not getting MY POINT......

@JackieDaytona1776

2 күн бұрын

@@jpdurr why are you mad at me about it?

@D12345

2 күн бұрын

@@JackieDaytona1776 One understands the sentiment but it is unrealistic. College degrees are unnecessary, but the experience is not, and even that isn't enough often. When Bill runs the modern economy rather than saying words, we can take his opinion more seriously as he is hiring less than 99.9 percent worth the workforce. His gripe should be with workforce hiring practices rather than college.

@genghisgalahad8465

2 күн бұрын

For sure. Close the door behind you and remove the ladder after climbing! Typical privilege-speak!

I won't say Mr Maher is right or wrong about college/university but my case, he's absolutely right. I graduated with a BA in Public Administration and I minored in Philosphy. During school, I worked as a tire tech for a major retailer. I never used ny degree. In that job, I met people in that industry who helped, encouraged and now patronize my two undercarriage car repair shops (tires, brakes, exhaust, and suspension). I thought i needed a degree to work in government. Not be a small businessman now in my 28th year.

Compromise is not a four letter word…

Those flowers could have smell just by spraying a little bit of perfume of the flower that it is Simple as that it would fool everybody

Didn't he go to a college and earn a degree from it? He went to Cornell, an Ivy League University. He's an English major for Christ's sake.

My son has been passed over because he doesn’t have a degree.

It’s giving bitter

I would love to be interviewed by Bill Maher. I will show him the new definition of boring. I like making people yawn, they don't talk as much then...

It’s very easy for rich people who got a college education already (at Cornell) to look down and criticize others for trying to do the same.

Totally disagree about college education. It was my ticket to a profession and out of poverty. Also, I was introduced to a much wider world and ideas. Sorry, Bill though I enjoy you shows and commentary, not with you on this concept.

I went to college for 16 years. Now I deliver pizza.

@seacee4803

2 күн бұрын

16 years??

@darcywagoner3614

2 күн бұрын

I believe it

@ObeseCaligula

2 күн бұрын

@@seacee4803 17 if you count lunch.

@masterchinese28

2 күн бұрын

Do customers give bigger tips when you tell them how much education you have?

@ObeseCaligula

2 күн бұрын

@@masterchinese28 I'm not capable of speaking. So I never talk to them. Because I can't. I have an app that can talk for me but I have no reason to talk to these hungry peasants.

I didn't watch this segment and I quit watching Maher years ago - he used to be funny and thought provoking but now he just comes across as bitter and self-righteous.

Developed critical thinking skills, an advanced grasp of scientific and mathematic principals, reading and writing skills, sociology, technology, fine arts and math…and the credentials to earn more $$ Right, a complete waste of time.

bill = sponsored by aipac!

Mayer? No, it is pronounced Mahr.

@jimmyjohnn19

Күн бұрын

how many ways do you say it???

More alarming than what we saw last night at the debate? Please, Bill, we have a candidate who should be in elderly care and is being abused by his family and the leftwing media.

so clearly speaking for that vast middle non-millionaire, nonjewish-tv famous class -- what an every man.

Bill is mostly wrong about a college education. It’s easy to prove by those of us who work with those who have it, and those who don’t.

@Me97202

Күн бұрын

If known plenty of incompetent and unqualified college grads. Depends on the degree and their intellectual maturity.

Look at the nose on Bill. Like a money lender.

Autodidactic ♡¿♡¿

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He's absolutely right. A college education does NOT make a person intelligent. Look at most politicians! Almost all the young people I know who are recent college graduates are not working in their fields. They learned on the job. I have forgotten 99% of what I learned in college and most of what I did learn was obsolete by the time I graduated. So, what is the point? Children should be encouraged by their parents and teachers when they are young to love learning and reading. They will learn more by independent research than learning by rote memorization and forgetting everything after taking a test. As someone who owned a business, some of my brightest workers did not have a college education and some of the stupidest with no common sense were college graduates.

The fact that he gaslights us into saying he hasn't changed is so frustrating. He's had multiple iterations over the years. It's fine to change your opinion. Stop trying to convince us you haven't.

I’m not a fan of bill maher, he’s neither funny nor smart.

Bill is not funny he's a clown 🤡🐎🕳️😳😘

I think the cocaine has rotted his brain

Maher is a narcissist, Trump has never mentioned his name

@Me97202

Күн бұрын

You’re incorrect. Trump is a narcissist and HAS mentioned Bill.

He must be grifting some book or tv show and needs clicks.

@genghisgalahad8465

2 күн бұрын

Yup!

Today's college education is in decline. It's not necessary anymore.

Ohh please Let’s list Biden’s lies

@Me97202

Күн бұрын

Trumps list of lies is MUCH MUCH longer.

FJB 😂

@Me97202

2 күн бұрын

DJT for prison 2024