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People seriously need to give it a rest with this generalization that a college education means someone is intelligent. It's a career choice and nothing more. Anyone of average intelligence can do it if they avoid the difficult degrees and put the time in.
It's just something that people bring up to make themselves feel better about voting for a loser.
I can't believe the attached graph is correct. Median weekly salary for a person with a masters degree is $1341/week??? How do you live off that? - especially with the financial burden right out of the gate for a masters degree??
A higher salary? Not than the (mostly non-college educated) business owners I know. Hell, most skilled tradesman I know make very close to if not more than that. Some substantially more. Yes, they had to attend school but most is subsidized by the business they work for while they simultaneously earn a paycheck through apprenticeship.
Sorry newbie, but a college degree these days is nothing special. The liberal elites like to salute their more 'educated' voters, but I'll chose a hardworking, blue collar family man or woman over what's coming out of college these days.
Why do you assume college educated people aren't hard workers?
There is no denying that there was a difference in educational levels between those who voted for Hillary vs Trump. His supporters try to spin it as "Well, those colleges are putting Liberal ideas into those kids heads !" () but the fact is, college grads are just a little smarter than the average non college educated person. They tend to THINK things through, and not take everything that is thrown at them as facts.
I would love to see a link for that. Take your time, I'll wait for it.
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Trump supporters tend to see college as Kryptanite.
That's spelled Kryptonite, with an o. What's the point of college if you can't spell?
Why do you assume college educated people aren't hard workers?
That would be a fascinating study if it was possible to quantity "hard worker". From my experience I know people who work hard at every education level. If said study could be performed I think you would find "hard workers" at every education level from manual laborers to Lawyers working night and day for months on a case. There are different kinds of "hard work". Anyone who does more than the median work load for their given profession could be considered a "hard worker" I suppose?
[T]he fact is, college grads are just a little smarter than the average non college educated person. They tend to THINK things through, and not take everything that is thrown at them as facts.
That's not true at all. A college education is foremost a function of race then income.
Going to college does not make people smarter (e.g. College doesn't make you smarter, study finds) and while certain majors have a higher intelligence than others, overall college graduates have a small edge over non-grads (which is much weaker than the correlation between income and iq https://pumpkinperson.com/2016/02/11...een-iq-income/). If you take into account the correlation between income and college, it is quite likely that the college educated are actually less intelligent (and no "smarter") than non-graduates of the same income level.
I can't believe the attached graph is correct. Median weekly salary for a person with a masters degree is $1341/week??? How do you live off that? - especially with the financial burden right out of the gate for a masters degree??
They separated out master's degrees and professional degrees.
Professional degrees are the ones that put you in huge debt. Master's degrees generally don't (I have no idea of the exact stats now, but it has consistently been 50%+ fully funded including living expenses and around 90% partly funded).
Hey, I remember colleges...I remember when colleges used to teach something other than leftist propaganda.
Could you cite examples of the curriculum of colleges teaching any such thing exactly? Or will your evidence for this be as thin on the ground as your evidence for the god you claim exists, but refuse to provide a SHRED of evidence for?
Could you cite examples of the curriculum of colleges teaching any such thing exactly? Or will your evidence for this be as thin on the ground as your evidence for the god you claim exists, but refuse to provide a SHRED of evidence for?
Wow, talk about going off topic!
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) but the fact is, college grads are just a little smarter than the average non college educated person. They tend to THINK things through, and not take everything that is thrown at them as facts.