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Also use it on survey takers and other charities that the do not call list doesn't apply to. Caller ID is great but they will then call back later or the next day until you answer.
Is there an advanced do not call list or something of the sort? I'm not looking forward to all the political autodialers. A couple years ago I got 9 calls in ONE day!
I get calls from mine all the time and so do my parents. I refuse to give them a dime for the same reason as the OP. Not to mention I highly disagree with the direction that the University is going in the first place, and the number of worthless projects that they throw money away on. Even if I made multi billions, they would not get a spoonfull of pennies from me.
I wouldn't ever give my college a dime either. Their career center is a joke, looking back I didn't find the program all that great for getting a job in private industry (too academocentric) and the professor who's lab I worked is a psychologically dysfunctional individual who would have been fired in the private sector.
I rarely ever get calls from my alma mater but DH gets them often. Over the years we have given to his university, but we now have 2 kids in college, one at his alma mater. The last time they called, I told them we would be happy to give them a $1,000 donation, if they would grant my son who is there and paying out-of-state, in-state tuition. It kind of shut them up pretty quick.
You pay (Over pay) a price for a Piece of paper which 'the system' has set itself to make it nearly required.
AND they REQUIRE you to take BS classes which spends too much time and too much money "So-called learning" nonpertanant things.
It's a rip off.
If I could cost them money I would!
It's only a rip off if you let it be.
What I don't understand is why many of you chose to go to schools with poor career centers, poor educational opportunities and/or just didn't like what they were doing with their money?
What I don't understand is why many of you chose to go to schools with poor career centers, poor educational opportunities and/or just didn't like what they were doing with their money?
Ok, PLEASE TELL ME how I can avoid wasting my time and ya'lls money and NOT take stupid classes where I don't learn anythign and the teacher is teaching Historically innacurtate information (Some contradicting the very book we are using!) Like the Music class I am in now.
Which I MUST (Or theater, or art) to graduate... and has exactly NOTHING to do with my degree!
(I could have got my degree in 1/2 the time except for classes like this... all of which cost money.)
This should be good...
That aside:
A 'service' for a price... so what is this "Giving BACK" BS?
Ok, PLEASE TELL ME how I can avoid wasting my time and ya'lls money and NOT take stupid classes where I don't learn anythign and the teacher is teaching Historically innacurtate information (Some contradicting the very book we are using!) Like the Music class I am in now.
Which I MUST (Or theater, or art) to graduate... and has exactly NOTHING to do with my degree!
(I could have got my degree in 1/2 the time except for classes like this... all of which cost money.)
This should be good...
That aside:
A 'service' for a price... so what is this "Giving BACK" BS?
You avoid wasting your time by choosing a curriculum that doesn't have as many useless classes. I didn't have to take theater, art, or music classes for my degree.
You know ahead of time what your curriculum is and there's tens of thousands of colleges to choose from.
But back to your original point... if you think it's a rip off, why let yourself get ripped off?
Anyways, the giving back part is completely optional. The school provides more than just classes - alumni events, networks, job placement for the rest of your life. Also, alumni before you donated money to provide scholarships for you and other students, so you'd be doing the same for newer students. But it's only optional, certainly not required. Also, alumni donations are tax deductible so Uncle Sam foots half the bill. I'm in favor of Uncle Sam putting out money for education and research.
If you need to find a job (or a better paying job), persistently ask them for one. This also keeps the telemarketers away!
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