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Is going to columbia or duke better than a community college. Is it worth paying more a year just to learn the same thing you would learn anywhere
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I've attended a small, rural, community college; a small, private liberal arts college in a rural community; a medium-sized, suburban, state university; a big, state research university; and a medium-sized, private university in an urban area. All educations are not created equal.
You do not learn the same thing anywhere. You do not even learn the same thing from different professors who teach the same course in the same university. Moreover, each student brings a different set of knowledge, skills, and experience to each class, so two students in the same class do not learn the same thing.
On the other hand, a higher price tag does not necessarily mean a better education. You and I both know that a bad student can get a bad education in a good university. And a good student can get a decent education in a bad university. From the disgraceful state of technology resources and libraries that I have seen in community colleges, though, they are going to be very frustrated. And I've seen some community colleges that seem designed to encourage their students to return home immediately after class--no place to hang out.
To me, what makes some of my educational experiences stand out from the others is the extent to which I was part of a learning community. In the best ones, I learned about a third of what I learned in the classroom from the professors' lectures and the textbook reading. I learned about a third doing my own research. And I learned about a third from my fellow students.
In college, there was a row of tables with about thirty people where I had lunch and dinner almost every day. We would talk about so many things, often about the classes we were taking. So I learned from classes I didn't even take. I learned from amazing, funny, brilliant, creative classmates that went on to be doctors, ministers, teachers, artists, and musicians. One got a Rhodes Scholarship, one travels on a diplomatic passport and helps the Russians keep track of their plutonium, one works in national security at Los Alamos, one is president of a company that makes computer games, one works in film, and one is an exotic dancer!
In graduate school, I lived in an international dorm and cooked in a kitchen where I learned from people who came from all over the world. I remember a Cantonese man rescuing my ang choi from the cooking technique I'd been taught by someone from Malaysia! Once I wrote a paper about the Maori people of New Zealand, and asked my Maori friend to read it over. She told me it was b.s.! You can't match that kind of educational experience.
Do your homework. Most colleges and universities have websites. When you find a few that capture your imagination, try to visit them in person, or talk to people on campus. If you find the school that's right for you, it's worth the money. It's worth the money.
Also, some private colleges and universities have a lot of rich alumni with very happy memories of college, who give tons of money to scholarship funds. As a high school senior weighing a private college's tuition and financial aid package against those from a state-funded university, I found I would pay less to go to the private college. If you're a good student, you may have the same experience.
I've attended a small, rural, community college; a small, private liberal arts college in a rural community; a medium-sized, suburban, state university; a big, state research university; and a medium-sized, private university in an urban area. All educations are not created equal.
You do not learn the same thing anywhere. You do not even learn the same thing from different professors who teach the same course in the same university. Moreover, each student brings a different set of knowledge, skills, and experience to each class, so two students in the same class do not learn the same thing.
On the other hand, a higher price tag does not necessarily mean a better education. You and I both know that a bad student can get a bad education in a good university. And a good student can get a decent education in a bad university. From the disgraceful state of technology resources and libraries that I have seen in community colleges, though, they are going to be very frustrated. And I've seen some community colleges that seem designed to encourage their students to return home immediately after class--no place to hang out.
To me, what makes some of my educational experiences stand out from the others is the extent to which I was part of a learning community. In the best ones, I learned about a third of what I learned in the classroom from the professors' lectures and the textbook reading. I learned about a third doing my own research. And I learned about a third from my fellow students.
In college, there was a row of tables with about thirty people where I had lunch and dinner almost every day. We would talk about so many things, often about the classes we were taking. So I learned from classes I didn't even take. I learned from amazing, funny, brilliant, creative classmates that went on to be doctors, ministers, teachers, artists, and musicians. One got a Rhodes Scholarship, one travels on a diplomatic passport and helps the Russians keep track of their plutonium, one works in national security at Los Alamos, one is president of a company that makes computer games, one works in film, and one is an exotic dancer!
In graduate school, I lived in an international dorm and cooked in a kitchen where I learned from people who came from all over the world. I remember a Cantonese man rescuing my ang choi from the cooking technique I'd been taught by someone from Malaysia! Once I wrote a paper about the Maori people of New Zealand, and asked my Maori friend to read it over. She told me it was b.s.! You can't match that kind of educational experience.
Do your homework. Most colleges and universities have websites. When you find a few that capture your imagination, try to visit them in person, or talk to people on campus. If you find the school that's right for you, it's worth the money. It's worth the money.
Also, some private colleges and universities have a lot of rich alumni with very happy memories of college, who give tons of money to scholarship funds. As a high school senior weighing a private college's tuition and financial aid package against those from a state-funded university, I found I would pay less to go to the private college. If you're a good student, you may have the same experience.
Law regarding backyard fires in New Zealand? Making a forge.?
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I'm planning on learning to smith, I love craft hobbies and I've always wanted a sword of some description.
Now, I've found many good guides on forges and have set several up myself, but am yet to use them. Is it legal, in Christchurch, New Zealand, to light a contained fire in your back yard?
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From what I can find, your city only bans burning trash in the yard, so I doubt anybody would have a problem with a small forge. I know that in most dense residential neighborhoods here in the U.S. you're only prohibited from having open fires in your backyard, but barbecues, for example, are OK. I suppose as long as whatever you're burning is safely done in an enclosed structure of some kind and you don't bother your neighbors with the smoke, you should be fine. If your neighbor's house is close by and you want to avoid making a nuisance, it may be best to build a propane forge rather than one which burns coal or wood. And if the cops do show up, just throw a couple steaks on it, tell them it's a barby, and invite them in for dinner :-)
From what I can find, your city only bans burning trash in the yard, so I doubt anybody would have a problem with a small forge. I know that in most dense residential neighborhoods here in the U.S. you're only prohibited from having open fires in your backyard, but barbecues, for example, are OK. I suppose as long as whatever you're burning is safely done in an enclosed structure of some kind and you don't bother your neighbors with the smoke, you should be fine. If your neighbor's house is close by and you want to avoid making a nuisance, it may be best to build a propane forge rather than one which burns coal or wood. And if the cops do show up, just throw a couple steaks on it, tell them it's a barby, and invite them in for dinner :-)
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