Originally Posted by
WMG
As far as school goes, you will always get out of a school only what you are willing to put into it. For example, I can take a class for something which I really have not much interest in, cram the night before the test, cram before the final exam, and forget everything which I crammed in 2 days after making an A in the class. If you really have the desire to learn the material and retain what you have learned, classes are great. But taking a class is no guarantee of true understanding of anything. Also, it is a good idea to keep the textbooks as reference material for the future.