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Very few people blanket hate college. We hate that some people feel that a 'degree' in transgender lesbian womans studies is valued the same as a STEM degree, and expect tax payers to fund it. We hate that some people feel that a useless, over priced liberal arts indoctrination degree that teaches a student no usable skills is considered more valuable than a technical school degree or apprenticeship.
This is it to a tee. I value education, always have and received plenty of it but I also abhor wasting my time. Thus, I chose CS and math. It has served me well as has my college education but no, a degree in women's studies is simply not as rigorous, challenging, or a worthwhile investment and those pretending it is are insane. My husband chose a career path in the skilled trades - also served him well, was a good investment for him and I fully respect his choices. At the end of the day, I respect choices which neither waste time nor money and frankly, a degree in women's studies (or some other similar degree) are both.
In summation, I do not hate college at all, I simply hate poor decisions especially when backed by taxpayer dollars.
Ok so to break it down. Does the ROI has to make sense? One gets a job and works his way up, (or starts a business). The other get themselves thousands of dollars ($50k, $70k etc) in debt to go to college and can't find a job or works at Starbucks. Who do you think is better off?
Maybe we should have a conversation about those greedy educators. But the media doesn't want you to look at that and you comply, think how you're told to think and ignore what you're told to ignore. The entire thing is actually a damn shame. Kids shouldn't have to sell their soul to get an education.
I completely agree with your statement I bolded above !
I didn't pay for my college education since I had grants but it is obscene how much debt kids get into just to attend college which should be free.
I completely agree with your statement I bolded above !
I didn't pay for my college education since I had grants but it is obscene how much debt kids get into just to attend college which should be free.
It's called a investment in our future.
If it were free like other countries, it would also need to be far, far, far more selective both in who could go and what courses of studies were offered. So pick one model because you flat out can't have both from a fiscal perspective.
Oh come on, after Trump won leftist were out in mobs making fun of people who didn't go to college and voted for Trump... calling them uneducated, stupid, illiterates and of course deplorable racist. But not a peep from you until someone voiced an opinion on the education and YOUR RIGHTS.
So you are agreeing trump won by playing to the rust belt ,you only get mad when it is pointed out ,interesting.
At least I'm majoring in Tech, which would help me land a job at a tech company.
Maybe.
You could also take a bunch of really hard classes only to find that white (and Asian) males (assuming) need not apply, or you could be rendered irrelevant by H1-b workers.
So you go to a liberal institution for brainwashing, which doesn't teach many valuable job skills. Once you graduate, you'll be lucky to land a job at Starbucks. And if you have some debt, good luck trying to pay it off. Brilliantly summed up in this video.
College at least teaches you correct English. I'm so tired of hearing ain't and other words like this. It makes people look uneducated which I guess they are. People like this aren't likely to get good paying jobs.
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