I did seven years' worth of post-secondary education. I've got a university degree in English and two college diplomas in sound engineering. Both are directly related to my current job, which is cool. It's also, I expect, somewhat rare.
I would be hard pressed to list specific gains I got out of the experience (because the 'if I had it to do over again' scenario dances through my head a LOT), but I do know that being in those places at those times afforded me the potential for tremendous personal growth. It wasn't always in class - it was often with the people (read: girls) I had the chance to meet. But personally and academically, I believe that I was enriched and the experiences were worthwhile.
That said, I recall (and pardon me if I've bored you with this one before) taking Intro Religion (because I so loved to argue) in my first year, and the prof was asking everybody in the class why they'd decided to go to university. The average answer was "to get a job", "to get a better job", etc.
My answer was "to get more jokes". The prof thought that was the best reason he'd heard, and I can safely say I achieved that goal.
I hate college, i really do. I hate it when people try to sound so fucking smart, or ask soo many damn questions till the point where the class is getting held over. I hate it when the teacher states a fact such as "Only female humans can give birth", and some asshat raises his hand and repeats "so what you are saying is only. females. give. birth ahhh, i see" just to make it seem like they are paying attention. And yet all these people still fucking fail their exams. Meanwhile i am sitting in the back corner of the room reading a tattoo magazine the entire time, and i still ace the thing. Fuckers! Sorry, this topic gets me alittle fired up.
good job 
I would be hard pressed to list specific gains I got out of the experience (because the 'if I had it to do over again' scenario dances through my head a LOT), but I do know that being in those places at those times afforded me the potential for tremendous personal growth. It wasn't always in class - it was often with the people (read: girls) I had the chance to meet. But personally and academically, I believe that I was enriched and the experiences were worthwhile.
That said, I recall (and pardon me if I've bored you with this one before) taking Intro Religion (because I so loved to argue) in my first year, and the prof was asking everybody in the class why they'd decided to go to university. The average answer was "to get a job", "to get a better job", etc.
My answer was "to get more jokes". The prof thought that was the best reason he'd heard, and I can safely say I achieved that goal.