Talk:College Survival Guide/Choosing a Class

Education seems to vary enough from country to country that strategies appropriate in one place may not be appropriate in others. For example, in a previous revision of this article there is a parenthetical note specifying that by "college" the author means a two-year school. In the US and China "college" refers to the school after high school, and unless the speaker specifies, "a two-year college," it is assumed to require four years. More importantly, in the US college is said to be a place to explore your interests through both classes and hobbies, as a sort of survey of the field before you pick something to focus on for graduate work. This is very different from the strategy emphasized in this article, which seems to view college more as a certification process.

Perhaps we should start specifying which system of education we speak of when editing the article?

-0702034 11:29, 30 November 2006 (UTC)