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Originally Posted by thatguydownsouth
Obama to propose free community college
What do you guys think about this? Personally my first reaction was, that's stupid. But the more I thought about it, the more Im ok with it. We dump billions of dollars into other nations in futile attempts to "democratize" them and it fails. We spent trillions on failed wars and international policing....and they fail. We literally GIVE money to some Nations.....
If we're going to waste money like that then fine, lets at least use a "little bit" to better ourselves....
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The original idea of CC was a catch up plan for those who couldn't afford a four year University "tour".
My CC fee for a semester was $6 for student activities and (I think) $6. per credit X 15 or 18. per semester:
GRAND TOTAL: $114. per semester.
My son's University was several thousand per semester and I'm somewhat suspect that he didn't get as good a real life education as I did. The idea was to "catch up" those who were behind (minorities) and especially those whose life had been interrupted by SERVING THEIR COUNTRY, in this case the USA. For so many of us that didn't have the parents money underwriting our efforts, it was a "second chance."