Side-effects of state education

@The_Judge Said

Some people are born to succeed some are obviously born to fail.

@Conflict Said

Since I was sixteen, I had a state education. I could no longer afford a private one. I followed the public system and for all intents and purposes, I felt like I was on the right path. I did well for myself but then, when it came to university, I developed a personality that didn't suit me. I became driven by my gut, fueled by my heart's desires and I studied subjects that were not mainstream. I ended up falling short of reaching my goal.

Five years later, I now realize that the state education system made me act more on feeling that thought and I regret my actions very much. When I think of the students at London Metropolitan, I see people very hungry for knowledge and drive by their utmost passions to do what they wanted to. They didn't put a great deal of thought into their actions, they were all heart most of them had a very high tendency to go where the money was and where they could grab as much as they could for themselves.

I imagine because many of them had parents who left school early, or lived in low income households, as a result, or for other reasons, they wanted to do better for themselves. This is a noble ideal, I must admit, but the grasping, the need to hit the hardest with their minds and soar to the mountain peak is not something I was cut out for.

@someone_else_again Said

I'm confused. How exactly did state education fail you? Because you didn't like the atmosphere?

@Conflict Said

No, I found things to like about the atmosphere. The problem was that I'd lived better than many of the students. I was taught to read at three, there were always books in the house. My mother was generous enough to introduce me to many subjects and buy books for me to read when I was older. I ate three times a day, I always had toys. I was allowed to be a child, instead of growing up faster because I had to help at home.

I had no business going to a state college or university. I did because I had no choice, but given the choice, I wouldn't have gone. I only hope that my presence didn't deprive someone else from a family of five, whose bright child didn't get my spot because I was in the way, from getting the chance to further himself.

But then, I was only one person, so the damage must have been minimal and there weren't too many people in my position, who were made to do what I did.

@Conflict Said


I had no business going to a state college or university. I did because I had no choice, but given the choice, I wouldn't have gone. I only hope that my presence didn't deprive someone else from a family of five, whose bright child didn't get my spot because I was in the way, from getting the chance to further himself.

@Conflict Said

No, I found things to like about the atmosphere. The problem was that I'd lived better than many of the students. I was taught to read at three, there were always books in the house. My mother was generous enough to introduce me to many subjects and buy books for me to read when I was older. I ate three times a day, I always had toys. I was allowed to be a child, instead of growing up faster because I had to help at home.

I had no business going to a state college or university. I did because I had no choice, but given the choice, I wouldn't have gone. I only hope that my presence didn't deprive someone else from a family of five, whose bright child didn't get my spot because I was in the way, from getting the chance to further himself.

But then, I was only one person, so the damage must have been minimal and there weren't too many people in my position, who were made to do what I did.

@chaski Said

State education sucks... especially community college... if you go to a state school or attend a community college you might end up like one of these bums:

> Walt Disney (Metropolitan Junior College)

> Ross Perot (Texarkana Junior College)

> Neil Armstrong -(Purdue University)

> Clint Eastwood (Los Angeles City College)

> George Lucas (Modesto Junior College)

> Billy Crystal (Nassau Community College)

> Nolan Archibald (Dixie Junior College)

> Eileen Collins (Corning Community College)

OH!!! And some other losers that got public education... Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Steve jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Steven Spielberg, Donald Trump, Shaquille O'Neal, Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey....


It would seem that primary Side-effects of state education is to become a loser in life...

@someone_else_again Said

Those are an entirely different set of states. Doesn't that matter?

@ninozara Said

Excuse me. I've been in state education all my life, and those things are applicable to me. The same with all my friends!

@chaski Said

I don't know, Conflict didn't limit his OP to any specific "state" (and I am not sure what Ninozara has to do with my post).

Conflict didn't seem happy with the impact of his "state education" and its impact on his transition to university.

He mentioned "London Metropolitan" a "public research university located in London, United Kingdom"... I am guessing that it is funded at least in part by the government... thus a form of "state education".

So, since he didn't seem to think much of his "state education", I thought that I would support him by pointing out all the losers that were impacted by "state education".

@Eaglebauer Said

It's a phenomenon I've never understood when someone who was in their early twenties acting exactly the way people act in their early twenties feel that they need to find something to blame for them acting like they were in their early twenties.