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What's the difference between "College" and "University"? (feddit.cl)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Until recently I assume they were synonymous 😅, Here you go to Uni immediatly after finishing HS.

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[+] queermunist@lemmy.ml -6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That is the difference.

University is where Great Thinkers go to become egg heads and where rich kids go to pretend they're Great Thinkers.

College is where kids go to learn how to weld and program and change bed pans.

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and program

just you wait until you learn that people learn to program at university too

[+] queermunist@lemmy.ml -6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They learn the history of computer science and read books about the fundamental principles of programming like SICP and the underlying mathematics and bla bla bla egg head shit

In college you get squirted out with just enough knowledge to get a job.

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

having taken multiple university-level programming classes, i have learned literally how to program. Yes they learn all that other stuff, but it just sounds to me like you don't really know what you're talking about and are trying to justify a sarcastic response with serious "knowledge"