Posted on 05/21/2019 2:18:00 PM PDT by rktman
On Tuesday, NBC’s Today show seized on a highly questionable survey claiming that many college students across the U.S. were being forced to choose between “tuition or food.” Correspondent Jacob Soboroff even went so far as to claim that “The strong U.S. economy is a myth to many American college students.”
“Eating or education? Jacob Soboroff with an eye-opening look at the cost of college and its toll,” co-host Savannah Guthrie teased late in the 7:00 a.m. ET half hour. Just minutes prior to the segment, fellow co-host Craig Melvin repeated the melodramatic sentiment: “Tuition or food? How the rising cost of college is actually forcing some students to make hard choices. And what, if anything, can be done about it?”
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I worked in a restaurant while I was in college. I never missed a meal...
I couldn’t afford college. I went to work straight out of high school.
Eff ‘em all!
Getting useless degrees with lots of loans
High school, USN, straight to a lot of crap jobs until I landed on one I kept for 36 years. Attained an engineering position without a degree and had an awesome time.
??? Whaaa ???
Hungry + homeless + college student = extremely poor planning.
What the heck is wrong with these people? They’re in the USA right? All you need here is an internet connection and you can get free Boston MIT courses through opencourseware: https://www.youtube.com/user/MIT
And...geeze folks...if you’re hungry and homeless then you’ve found out the hard way how priorities work ie shelter and food are more important than taking a full class load.
I dropped out of college in my 3rd year, bought a 486DX-33 computer and an autocad book and taught myself computer aided drawing and even passed an autocad certification exam back in 1992. I was an engineer (ME level 3) for Boeing-Everett in 2005.
Me too, almost exactly but I went the local utility route. 32 years and retired at 55.
Body said ‘I’m Done” no more.
Do those courses count towards a degree?
oops...sorry....I usually just respond to post 1 when commenting on an article....should be more clear...lol
==> Do those courses count towards a degree?
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The short answer is no. If that answer suits you, fine. Fact is that a degree in engineering is not necessary to be a success as an engineer. The real point that I want to make is that one can study (hard!) the same material thats presented in classes and then take and pass exams and get jobs where the learned material is an asset (a good HR person knows that).
The economy is ALWAYS bad for the lazy, the shiftless and the work-shy.
That’s too accurate to be funny. Plus, these are the people who vote for Socialists/Democrats/Communists.
LOL! Nah, I got you!
I'm not sure but I think this is Bull 💩... 😊
Where to start? There is zero validity in this bs, and the ‘author’ is a 36 year old know nothing with a Masters degree in Philosophy and Political Theory. In other words, not too bright and probably couldn’t do science or math.
Well if they are paying 80K a year they might be starving /s
If ever there was a thread on the blueprint on how to assemble the American Dream, this is it. If you’re looking for the backbone to conquer the world, you’d do well to ask a Freeper. You might even find a hero or two. All of which begs the rather naive, flirting with arrogance, question I want to ask the rest of the world that has been rolling around in my head for the last few weeks. Why can’t you asswads just be more like US !
Here are some thoughts:
l. Do not go to college straight from high school.
2. Get a job. Low level, several low level, medium level,
just to get a feel for working and for GETTING PAID.
3. Start going to night classes first.
4. Research what you would like to do, see if you are good at it.
5. Employers often help with college expenses.
6. Last, but not least. When you start college at 25, you have the added advantage of being able to talk to your professors with some maturity. The teachers really take the young students to the cleaners because they are timid.
And easily intimidated too.
Agreed—I worked construction during the day and went to college at night. If they are not willing too work they need to get their parents to pull the cart for them.
Redneck country boy here who grew up chasing coon hounds through the swamps of north Florida. First of either side of my family to go to college and the first commissioned officer of many who were in the service. Took me 7 years to finish. Worked full time my first three years and went to college part time. For two years I worked from 10pm until 6am at a trucking warehouse loading trucks all night. Had just enough time to get back to school, take a shower and head to class. Yes, my grades suffered. Had to stay out one semester to work and save up money to pay the bills. Then I transferred to a small college where I got a partial football scholarship and after football season, I again worked at night cleaning floors at the local JC Penny. But, at the end I got a piece of paper that allowed me to go to OCS, get a commission and on to flight school.
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