Real World Experience Analysis

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Adding on to the idea of real world experience. I spoke with Billy Willson, a former engineering students at Kansas State University. Billy completed the first semester of college with a spectacular 4.0 GPA. Billy believes that colleges do not benefit the students enough. Stating “You are being put thousands into debt to learn things you will never even use. Wasting 4 years of your life to be stuck at a pay check that grows slower than the rate of inflation. Paying $200 for a $6 textbook. Being taught by teacher’s who have never done what they’re teaching.” Facebook (2016). As mentioned in the paragraph above, real world experience lacks evidently within high schools and college students. During my interview with Billy, he shared an example

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