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“Kid, I’m Sorry, but You’re Just Not College Material”
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| 03/19/2014
| By Michael J. Petrilli
Posted on 03/19/2014 1:11:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Now the libs want college to be “free.” Combine that with a different set of standards for people according to their membership in an appropriate victim group, and college will have absolutely no value at all.
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posted on
03/19/2014 1:44:10 PM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
To: SeekAndFind
I have three nephews.
The youngest said, "%&$# college" and went into the Air Force and is currently having the time of his life stationed in Germany.
My second nephew said "%&$# college", got a plumber's certificate and now runs his own business, supporting a wife and two daughters.
My oldest nephew has a Masters Degree........and no job.
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posted on
03/19/2014 1:45:11 PM PDT
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: SeekAndFind
Other research indicates that low-income students in particular benefit from college, becoming nearly three times more likely to make it into the middle class than their peers
That's solely due to "affirmative action" in both the college and the work force which still prevails today........And one could certainly argue that B. Hussein Obama is a product of that racist and failed philosophy........
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posted on
03/19/2014 1:47:48 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Was Occam's razor made by Gillette?)
To: SeekAndFind
“You come to this institution with a head full of mush, and after four years, you leave here with a piece of paper, a $100,000 school loan debt, and a head full of oatmeal.”
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posted on
03/19/2014 1:50:07 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: SeekAndFind
We should give everybody options that will help them succeed. Whaddya mean "WE"? Before the days when EVERUONE went to college, people found their own opportunities and showed the world what prosperity looked like.
The only thing "WE" (i.e. the government) need to give everybody is the freedom to make their own way in life.
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posted on
03/19/2014 1:52:33 PM PDT
by
Maceman
To: SeekAndFind
What if our own hyper-credentialed life experiences and ideologies are blinding us to alternative pathways to the middle class?
"Our own"?
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posted on
03/19/2014 1:59:46 PM PDT
by
x
To: SeekAndFind
HEY DUMBASS! GET SOME SAFETY GLASSES ON!
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posted on
03/19/2014 2:11:08 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: x
Hahahahahahaha...that jumped out at me too.
People who are “hyper-credentialed” think that putting a whole boatload of hyphenated acronyms after their name shows people how smart they are.
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posted on
03/19/2014 2:15:31 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
To: x
“Who you mean by ‘our own’ Kemosabe?”
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posted on
03/19/2014 2:16:02 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
To: Cyber Liberty
Of course, Mike Rowe has a college degree in communications from Towson University.
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posted on
03/19/2014 2:20:05 PM PDT
by
dmz
To: SeekAndFind
College is no longer an education but now is indoctrination.
I went to college right after high school and then dropped out but a few years ago I went back and 80% of the young students were so inept the could hardly write a coherent sentence. And every class had some element of politically correct nonsense from enviromenalism to misogyny. It was so bad.
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posted on
03/19/2014 2:59:21 PM PDT
by
virgil283
(When the sun spins, the cross appears, and the skies burn red)
To: dmz
Yes, he does. Your point? He’s FOS? Hypocrite?
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:15:09 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: SeekAndFind; ex-snook
Problem is, most BigCorp are like my employer. Do we have positions that do not require a degree? Sure, plenty of 'em, especially for field technicians. Will you ever be promoted? Receive a significant pay raise? Get new bennies? No. Will you be looked down upon by the office peeps? Will you be referred to as "low-rent" and "not suitable for promotion"? Will executives openly discuss replacing "obsoletes" with robots and software and automation in your hearing? Absolutely. I try to get my co-workers and superiors to take a different view, but it's a battle that's long been lost.
I believe that high schools teach the same material to the money rich and the money poor. Colleges should loan good students the necessary money and teach them well or they won't get their money back.
Not a bad idea. Needs to be some accountability on the college side.
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:21:20 PM PDT
by
GAFreedom
(Freedom rings in GA!)
To: GAFreedom
The dirty little secret is the colleges don’t care if they “get their money back.” It wasn’t theirs in the fist place. To them, student loans are just another grant flowing into their pockets.
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:24:21 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: SeekAndFind
We should give everybody options that will help them succeed"We"? "should"? "everybody"?
Who is "we"? And why should "we" do this for "everybody"?
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:27:04 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise. H)
To: SeekAndFind
College entrance USED to depend upon taking certain courses throughout high school - with good grades, and then passing college entrance exams.
You either ‘made’ it or you didn’t!!
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posted on
03/19/2014 3:34:44 PM PDT
by
potlatch
("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
To: 9YearLurker
A kid should simply be told the stats for students with his test scores and gradesand be introduced to the community college system if his success is questionable. If you read the last paragraph of the story, even that is questionable:Most . . . low-income students who start community college in remedial courses . . . wont ever get past their remedial courses.
If college started out hard for me - and also for the only two guys who outranked me in high school, who later became college professors - what are the odds against people who start out not even being readers!
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posted on
03/20/2014 12:44:48 AM PDT
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
("Liberalism” is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
To: conservatism_IS_compassion
Yeah, we’re graduating far too many kids functioning at the 3rd grade level or less. But college classes run the spectrum from hard to incredibly easy, depending upon school and subject.
To: SeekAndFind
"Why push students down educational paths that will likely result in them dropping out?' Because University Admins like to make Big Fat Paychecks from all the suckers who go in debt!
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posted on
03/20/2014 1:59:39 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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