The real world.

 

What world do you live in, where you have the nerve to say teachers aren't part of the real world?

 

I didn't say teachers, I said college professors. If you have ever seen the move "Cocktails" with Tom Cruise it has a perfect scene in the start of the movie when Cruise's character goes off on his professor. I don't know if you are a college professor or have family that is and I struck a nerve. But I personally after having a career in the private sector find it funny when a college professor who has less experience in the private sector than me tries to explain my role or the business world to me.

Which is precisely why it doesn't prepare you for the real world...

 

Agreed black and white doesn't prepare you for the real world. But, and I may be in the minority and I don't care if I am. I find a degree to be proof you have the work ethic and skill to complete a long hard task. But nothing in the classroom truly prepares you for the real world, it only gives you a foundation. Experience is the best learning tool. Employers are looking for experience. Degrees are qualifications to weed out candidates. But the most important thing an employer is looking for is experience in the field in which you are applying.

I'm with UKMF. LB, I don't know where you went to school, but where I went to school I had professors who were former police officers (Criminal Justice) former judges (Business Law), former lawyers, a curret statitician at P&G (Statistics), former pastor (100 level Communication course) and etc. I'd say about half of my professors throughout my five years of undergrad were men and women and held previous positions in "the real world" or worked there currently and taught classes on the side.

 

However, I don't think anyone is arguing this:

 

It is why I stress younger people to intern as much as possible. That learning experience is much more important for the growth of a real career . The business world is about networking. A degree is a means to an end. Work hard get the grades but networking is the key. Kids focus to much on adding multiple degrees before real world experience.

 

You have to have a balance.

I didn't say teachers, I said college professors. If you have ever seen the move "Cocktails" with Tom Cruise it has a perfect scene in the start of the movie when Cruise's character goes off on his professor. I don't know if you are a college professor or have family that is and I struck a nerve. But I personally after having a career in the private sector find it funny when a college professor who has less experience in the private sector than me tries to explain my role or the business world to me.

 

Nope, no family in the profession. Your comment just couldn't be any more ridiculous or wrong.

 

I'm in the business world. 90%-95% of the classes I took in college were taught by career professionals in the business world. Almost every single one of them had their PhD. Every single one of my accounting professors had their PhD and had been or were still involved in highly successful accounting practices or corporations. To say most college professors don't have "real world" experience is simply inaccurate.

I'm with UKMF. LB, I don't know where you went to school, but where I went to school I had professors who were former police officers (Criminal Justice) former judges (Business Law), former lawyers, a curret statitician at P&G (Statistics), former pastor (100 level Communication course) and etc. I'd say about half of my professors throughout my five years of undergrad were men and women and held previous positions in "the real world" or worked there currently and taught classes on the side.

 

However, I don't think anyone is arguing this:

 

 

 

You have to have a balance.

 

I disagree. Most of my business professors had their PhD. They all had been or were successful in the "real world".

Nope, no family in the profession. Your comment just couldn't be any more ridiculous or wrong.

 

I'm in the business world. 90%-95% of the classes I took in college were taught by career professionals in the business world. Almost every single one of them had their PhD. Every single one of my accounting professors had their PhD and had been or were still involved in highly successful accounting practices or corporations. To say most college professors don't have "real world" experience is simply inaccurate.

 

We must have went to different schools. I'm not saying all professors. I know law schools and degrees with specific careers will have private sector experience, i.e. nursing, accounting, and medical school will have real world experience. But a large portion of the classes you have to take to graduate such as liberal arts classes history, philosophy, sociology etc.. are career academics. When you get to higher level courses you do get more real world experience some times when you are getting specifics to actual careers. But for the most part I stick with what I'm saying. Most professors have spent a majority of their career in the classroom. Go to a professional MBA program and in a lot of cases the students have more experience in the real world than the professors. You may not agree with me but in my experience this is what I've seen. I respect your opinion I just don't agree with it. We have got off course my whole point was just that if a kid can get an A without attending class all the time I don't see the big deal. As I've stated I was a student who was forced to work 40-50 hours a week to pay for tuition and I also had internships. I wasn't lucky enough to have school paid for by someone else and I'm not saying you were. But for students in those circumstances I think the rules should be flexible as long as they are putting in the work.

I'm with UKMF. LB, I don't know where you went to school, but where I went to school I had professors who were former police officers (Criminal Justice) former judges (Business Law), former lawyers, a curret statitician at P&G (Statistics), former pastor (100 level Communication course) and etc. I'd say about half of my professors throughout my five years of undergrad were men and women and held previous positions in "the real world" or worked there currently and taught classes on the side.

 

However, I don't think anyone is arguing this:

 

 

 

You have to have a balance.

 

That means you probably had Teacher Assistants rather than professors.