Emily wrote:
Don Tuite wrote:

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:43:57 -0500, Emily
wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:

I beg to differ. I am a product of CSU-San Diego and teach at
Sierra Community College in Rocklin and Grass Valley. The smart
ones go to the CCS to get their lower division classes at $24 a
semester unit and, upon graduation with a B average, a

Oh, so smart ones don't just hop right into a university out of high
school? That's a bizarre way of thinking, but if it makes the
community college people feel better, it's ok, I guess.


Well, either way, you can graduate with a degree from UC Berkeley, but
one way you saved $40,000. I think that's what Jim meant by
"smarter."


Who says that a person who went to a university for four years paid for
all of it?

Personally, I'm glad I never went to a community college. Way too easy
to not complete a four year degree. And let's face it, most employers
aren't happy with an associates.

That may be true. People lacking self-motivation probably shouldn't go
the community college route. However, those who do are well served by
their self-motivation as evidenced by their later performance at the
university level.

Matt