Does school really matter?

[Miles_on]

You know, my friends, they all went to good schools, had good grades, and are really well off.

Everybody turned out OK naman, they run their own enterprises (took over from parents) who trained them well.

The better schools get the better quality students in the lower years, so they generally have better products to work with. They just provide more facilities and better professors, & programs (hindi yung typical na may Masters degree lang , but accomplished people who can impart their wisdom & learning to others in an atmosphere of academic freedom) but is it the end all? Of course not.

School/Uni is just a phase in life to prepare you for the REAL WORLD outside. You can't learn LIVING from the 4 corners of a book, no matter how much you read. It's the personal interactions you have (not the virtual stuff nowadays) with other people that matter.

Sa amin (speaking about my friends that I grew up with, everyone owned this or that business, pero wala sa amin yun because kasama namin sila from childhood, and you cultivate friendships over the years) not some nameless, faceless "Homies" you meet on the internet.

Ok naman kami lahat. Ako, not from the so called top 3, baka sa top 5, eh ok lang naman din naman ako, sila yung mga nasa top 3. Nobody of us cares. School is just a phase in life. Ang importante, marunong ka makisama sa kapwa, if you want to live in real society, and not some anonymous netizen.

[Yatta]

Everybody turned out OK naman, they run their own enterprises (took over from parents) who trained them well.

The better schools get the better quality students in the lower years, so they generally have better products to work with. They just provide more facilities and better professors, & programs (hindi yung typical na may Masters degree lang , but accomplished people who can impart their wisdom & learning to others in an atmosphere of academic freedom) but is it the end all? Of course not.

School/Uni is just a phase in life to prepare you for the REAL WORLD outside. You can't learn LIVING from the 4 corners of a book, no matter how much you read. It's the personal interactions you have (not the virtual stuff nowadays) with other people that matter.

Sa amin (speaking about my friends that I grew up with, everyone owned this or that business, pero wala sa amin yun because kasama namin sila from childhood, and you cultivate friendships over the years) not some nameless, faceless "Homies" you meet on the internet.

Ok naman kami lahat. Ako, not from the so called top 3, baka sa top 5, eh ok lang naman din naman ako, sila yung mga nasa top 3. Nobody of us cares. School is just a phase in life. Ang importante, marunong ka makisama sa kapwa, if you want to live in real society, and not some anonymous netizen.

Schools aren't just about academics. Its also a venue for socialization, friendships, basically networking. Good schools attract the best students, and naturally those best students will get acquainted with each other. Mas malakas ang bond ng actual na nagkita, kesa "virtual homies" lang. I mean even yung mga internet groups like car clubs do actual meetups. Like it or not, first thought we usually have when going to transact business, "who in this place went to the same school"?

[dr. d]

S Like it or not, first thought we usually have when going to transact business, "who in this place went to the same school"?

i agree, wholeheartedly.
it is comforting to deal with someone whose thinking mechanics, co-incide with one's own.
even among physicians.

[uls]

ganyan din sa mating/courtship

school acts as the screening tool -- to screen for potential mates

[dr. d]

ganyan din sa mating/courtship

school acts as the screening tool -- to screen for potential mates

an informal study...
we noticed that many of our male medical school teachers, MDs, were married to nurses.
once we got into the hospital proper, we understood why.
for several years during training, all these doctor trainees saw, were patients, fellow doctors, and nurses.

[uls]

sa offices/workplaces ganun din

employees (single) that started working for a company... later on they'll be pairing up

[uls]

pero sa online dating mahalaga ung educational background

coz sa online dating people are looking at specs

[dr. d]

pero sa online dating mahalaga ung educational background

coz sa online dating people are looking at specs

i wonder,
how much of those "specs" that the users put in, are real,
and how much are embellishments?

[uls]

i wonder,
how much of those "specs" that the users put in, are real,
and how much are embellishments?

one can put fake specs sa dating profile pero when you meet and go into a relationship how long can you sustain it?

unless one is only looking for hookups and the fake profile is used to bait people

[uls]

an informal study...
we noticed that many of our male medical school teachers, MDs, were married to nurses.
once we got into the hospital proper, we understood why.
for several years during training, all these doctor trainees saw, were patients, fellow doctors, and nurses.

data from online dating apps/sites show:

women date across or above their socio-economic level

men date across or below their socio-economic level

in other words women would date men who are richer / higher social status, or kasing-yaman / same social status

men would date women who are same level or poorer / lower social status

like you'll see male doctors marry female doctors or nurses

but it's rarer for female doctors to marry male nurses