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Old 09-01-2013, 09:29 AM
 
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Lol, yes we know...thank you for stating this for the 8th time.
Your very welcome, maybe if everyone was inclined to pay their obligated debt and not complaining about unfairness it wouldn't need repeated.
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Old 09-01-2013, 11:35 AM
 
Location: Richmond, VA
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Even if you'd like to use your 40k figure that is less than one year of the median salary for college grads 25-34.
+1. I see college grads rack up 30-40k for cars, all the time. Cars wear out. A college degree doesn't.
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Old 09-01-2013, 02:28 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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+1. I see college grads rack up 30-40k for cars, all the time. Cars wear out. A college degree doesn't.
Lol, sure it does. How relevant would a bachelors from 1975 be today? Sure some things stay the same but some things don't. With constantly changing, updating, and re-arranging markets and ever changing technology how would that 1975 degree match up to a degree in 2013? The needs of an employer would probably be different to even say 10 years ago.
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Old 09-01-2013, 02:30 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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Your very welcome, maybe if everyone was inclined to pay their obligated debt and not complaining about unfairness it wouldn't need repeated.
Lol
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Old 09-01-2013, 03:39 PM
 
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Lol, sure it does. How relevant would a bachelors from 1975 be today? Sure some things stay the same but some things don't. With constantly changing, updating, and re-arranging markets and ever changing technology how would that 1975 degree match up to a degree in 2013? The needs of an employer would probably be different to even say 10 years ago.
Seriously? Go look up the median income for older college graduates.
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Old 09-01-2013, 04:39 PM
 
Location: Richmond, VA
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Lol, sure it does. How relevant would a bachelors from 1975 be today? Sure some things stay the same but some things don't. With constantly changing, updating, and re-arranging markets and ever changing technology how would that 1975 degree match up to a degree in 2013? The needs of an employer would probably be different to even say 10 years ago.
College isn't job training. It is intended to teach you how to think. You don't appear to get that distinction.
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Old 09-01-2013, 11:34 PM
 
Location: Buckeye, AZ
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Even if you'd like to use your 40k figure that is less than one year of the median salary for college grads 25-34.
We have had this talk before and with underemployment, stagnant wages, slashed jobs, lower pay, it is not as slam dunk as you say it is.
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Old 09-01-2013, 11:36 PM
 
Location: Buckeye, AZ
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Seriously? Go look up the median income for older college graduates.
According to your figure, it jumps up at most 10K for all college graduates with bachelor degrees vs the 25-34 demographic you always jumps to. Just look for any thread that you and I had this discussion in or the proof. As i said in the above post, I am not going to beat my head against the wall again.
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Old 09-01-2013, 11:37 PM
 
Location: Buckeye, AZ
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College isn't job training. It is intended to teach you how to think. You don't appear to get that distinction.
But if you listen to some people (mostly liberals and academia) and it would seem like college is.
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Old 09-02-2013, 06:22 AM
 
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We have had this talk before and with underemployment, stagnant wages, slashed jobs, lower pay, it is not as slam dunk as you say it is.
We have. I showed you how wages have only moved down slightly for 25-34 year olds over recession and recovery years. The median wage is still higher than your 40k debt figure.
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