...you cheat yourself out of an education - the opportunity to learn from and join a community of true experts.
...you cheat the society in which you live that created and supported you then provided you an educational opportunity.
...it's a pretty big middle finger to every student who didn't get the spot you did.
Probably the solution is to avoid the gatekeeping role degrees have played. Perhaps even to recognize and harness the positive aspects of the collaborative and knowledge sharing behaviors that can also serve you and the society you live in.
...you cheat yourself out of an education - the opportunity to learn from and join a community of true experts.
...you cheat the society in which you live that created and supported you then provided you an educational opportunity.
...it's a pretty big middle finger to every student who didn't get the spot you did.
Probably the solution is to avoid the gatekeeping role degrees have played. Perhaps even to recognize and harness the positive aspects of the collaborative and knowledge sharing behaviors that can also serve you and the society you live in.