With distance learning, college is essentially a scam now.

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With distance learning, college is essentially a scam now.

Author: TakethetrainKnute (33713 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 2:20 pm on Aug 9, 2025

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In terms of learning your discipline…(aside from labs maybe.)

You can now have the best prof in the land (or AI) teach everyone).

Other than maybe socializing with people who may help your career later.

They better be able to help a lot…for a $300,000 investment.

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Replies to: "With distance learning, college is essentially a scam now."

Loaning funds for a college degree is the biggest scam going. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 12:29pm 8/9/25 (28) [View All]
- With distance learning, college is essentially a scam now. - TakethetrainKnute - 2:20pm 8/9/25
  - A really good online class can be about 2/3 as good as an in-person class - Chris94 - 10:26pm 8/9/25
    - You're going to be replaced by AI, it's low hanging fruit. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:29pm 8/9/25
  - My 16 YO daughter switched to home school and is talking college classes for free. - iairishcheeks - 2:54pm 8/9/25
    - You home school. That figures. - Chris94 - 10:27pm 8/9/25
      - Actually, I discouraged her from it at first. - iairishcheeks - 11:13pm 8/9/25
        In this country, you are free to home-school your kids. - Chris94 - 11:23pm 8/9/25
        I'm not doing shit, actually, it's all online. - iairishcheeks - 11:32pm 8/9/25
    - It works for mature teenagers. - MAS - 5:08pm 8/9/25
      - Meh. Sixth graders miss out on vocabulary lessons on the middle school/high school bus. - Iggle - 7:18pm 8/9/25
    - That’s the way to manage it these days. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 3:00pm 8/9/25
  - Agree Knute. Some colleges still offer connections and open doors to make it worthwhile, but those - BaronVonZemo - 2:42pm 8/9/25
    - Still…I’m here moving my third child into her second year of college… [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 3:04pm 8/9/25
      - Oh my...it is HOT today. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 4:17pm 8/9/25
      - What’s her major? My daughter goes back for her 2nd year at the end of the month. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 3:14pm 8/9/25
        Nursing. Honors program. Good for your daughter. All the best there. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:54pm 8/9/25
        Congrats Knute! Hope it’s a great weekend for you guys. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:14pm 8/9/25
        
        👍 both my son & Daughter are RN’s, daughter finishing surgical school and son just got accepted a - Frankx - 5:32pm 8/9/25
        Excellent! Good on ‘em! Such a noble profession!! [NT] - Domer From Hell - 5:55pm 8/9/25
        
        That’s fantastic! The US needs more excellent nurses. My niece did her RN at SDSU [NT] - Domer From Hell - 5:16pm 8/9/25
  - Committed students and good professors to interact with will always succeed. No need to throw the - TyroneIrish - 2:33pm 8/9/25
    - Still haven't watched that AI podcast I posted it seems. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 2:40pm 8/9/25
      - Didn't stand out in a cursory search...post it again...I'll be glad to watch it. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 3:33pm 8/9/25
        Here [NT] [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 11:15pm 8/9/25
        What parts of it come closest to the point you're trying to make?...if you say "All", then you'll - TyroneIrish - 12:29am 8/10/25
        I watched it about 3 times. There is nothing more important right now than this topic. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 2:02am 8/10/25
        I'm well aware of the "Coming Wave"...now that you've absorbed that podcast, pick up a copy of [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 11:43am 8/10/25
        Here is that author on the same podcast. [NT] [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 11:56am 8/10/25