I graduated, thank the government!

re: I graduated, thank the government!

SirJDKnightCroix — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:11:53 GMT

Seriously, your sarcasm is irrational but your rage is understandable.

It was a means to an end.

re: I graduated, thank the government!

gussosa — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:05:55 GMT

I know the feeling, but I have two excuses.

1) There wasn't any other university (in my country) offering majors in Mechanical Engineering when I started college.

2) Back in 1997 I was a convinced "moderate" socialist and it was only on 2003 that I converted to liberalism ad later libertarianism.

Anyway, neither do I feel fine about being a graduate of a public uni. The only thing I can tell to myself is that my parents where robbed many thousands of dollars that would have been more than enough to let me study at a good private university in Brazil. So I actually paid for it.

re: I graduated, thank the government!

pimplucius — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:11:53 GMT

private schools aren't really private anyway...

If you had majored in political science you would probably be a hypocrite

re: I graduated, thank the government!

severin — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:20:41 GMT

I am sure you have done plenty of useful things while in college and even before you stepped foot on the campus. But education is normally considered preparation for a productive life. If you went to college in hopes that education would lead you to a higher paying job, then it means that you believe that getting an education will lead you to have a greater value or usefulness to society after that education is complete. I was just giving you a hard time, but as an example it is true that a doctor is more of an asset to society than a pre-med student.

re: I graduated, thank the government!

thedo — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:11:27 GMT

severin comments as if pursuing education that culminates in graduation has not been useful, and also speaks without knowing anything else about my life situation as to fully judge my usefulness. How august of an insight!

I went to a government university in the first place because I heard it provided a quality computer science curriculum. I had also not yet established—was not even knowledgeable of the Austrian school—my political and philosophical views regarding government. To call me a hypocrite with an assumption that I began my schooling with such established views is downright illogical and stupid.

re: I graduated, thank the government!

mdm4584 — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:02:59 GMT

why did you go to a "government university" in the first place then? Hypocrite.

re: I graduated, thank the government!

severin — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:18:59 GMT

Congratulations on graduating, now go do something useful with your life!