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Christian Rep. Madison Cawthorn calls higher education a ‘scam,’ urges conservatives to ‘drop out’ unless they are studying the hard sciences
Christian Post ^ | 12/23/2021 | Leonardo Blair

Posted on 12/23/2021 8:30:28 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

According to a posting on CitizenFreePress he also announced that he and his wife are divorcing. Apparently he being in congress has put irreparable strain on the marriage. He chose congress over her; she chose divorce over him.


21 posted on 12/23/2021 8:51:58 AM PST by howlinhound (Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
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To: Reno89519
VERY STUPID MOVE as all that will accomplish is making the next generation of conservatives unqualified for any work. Better solution is to fight and fix things rather than quit and cower.

And SUPPORT the good places, especially the ones NOT feeding at the trough (e.g. Hillsdale, Christendom, Grove City, College of the Ozarks)
22 posted on 12/23/2021 8:52:55 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: Kevmo

Uh no. He has to be 35. He only 26 now.


23 posted on 12/23/2021 8:53:06 AM PST by TexasGurl24
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To: SeekAndFind

So much internal conflict

You say the right things, then why are you and Cristina getting a divorce? Does she want to go back to Florida?

You know, Madison, the Enemy knows the Word better than any human. Like this, the Enemy knows how to lie to you when you hear 99.9999999% of the truth...that 0.0000001% is a lie...

Let me make another analogy with the percentage. Let’s say our soul is intact and pure at 100%. You commit one small sin, let’s say the common “having marital relations before marriage” in today’s culture. With ignorance of the full content and you agree with that one tiny sin, your makeup is at the 99.9999999% mark. However you fluctuate through the years, that tiniest of sin will be a mark against you into the pit with the other sinners. With Yeshua, however, you will be reborn and have an intact 100% soul again.

Madison claims he has a good relation with Jesus Christ, but then remains in politics...perhaps you need to have a good relation with the Father through Christ Yeshua; save your marriage and do things in your control. While I agree with your premise on college loans, you went to (and dropped out of) a Christian college. I went to Liberty as a dual-serviced veteran, originally in Theological Studies, but graduated in Behavioral Sciences, Computational Sciences, and Counseling. Waste of time, Madison?

You’re young. Figure it out before it is too late, bro.


24 posted on 12/23/2021 8:53:20 AM PST by SemualRoberts (one of the Paraclete's vessels, one of many of Yeshua's chosen )
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To: SeekAndFind
Rep. Madison Cawthorn calls higher education a ‘scam,’ urges conservatives to ‘drop out’ unless they are studying the hard sciences

Says the man who was a going to be a Poli Sci major before flunking out after a semester.

25 posted on 12/23/2021 8:55:34 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: TexasGurl24

Next thing you’ll tell me is that he’s not a Natural Born Citizen.

Why would AGE matter when NBC doesn’t?


26 posted on 12/23/2021 8:55:37 AM PST by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: Reno89519
VERY STUPID MOVE as all that will accomplish is making the next generation of conservatives unqualified for any work. Better solution is to fight and fix things rather than quit and cower. This is a bit of the overall problem, too many people prefer quitting.

Wrong! We want our kids and grandkids to be absolutely as successful as possible. Do NOT send your kids to be indoctrinated at the so called "institutions of higher education." It's a scam and a rip off.

Send them to get degrees in the hard sciences or trades where they can learn a skill. Our children are being dumbed down and prepared only to be serfs.

I agree with Cawthorn on the let them get degrees in engineering and medicine, but the last thing we need is more lawyers.

By all means, home school if you can. The kids are not getting educated now in the public schools. They are being dumbed down to the max and most parents don't know or don't care.

27 posted on 12/23/2021 8:55:50 AM PST by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
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To: bk1000
College isn’t for everyone.

It's not. Unfortunately, a great many jobs today require a college degree, even if it's in basketweaving as long as you have a diploma. Pretty much every white-collar job. This didn't used to be the case.

And if you want to know why college is now so expensive, here's just one school:

And another:


28 posted on 12/23/2021 8:56:36 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton Princeton University, contend that Americans who don’t have a college degree face a “bleak” and deadlier future compared to those who do.”

complete elitist ivory tower bullshite: the U.S. has a desperate shortage of those who can build things, make things, and/or repair things ... just try to find someone who can cut down a tree or remodel a kitchen ...


29 posted on 12/23/2021 8:57:05 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: SeekAndFind

He should narrow his comment down to the “social sciences.”

they are completely and utterly corrupted by the Left.


30 posted on 12/23/2021 8:57:35 AM PST by PGR88
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To: AppyPappy
Not a scam. Students pick their own major. My daughter majored in Art History, went into Graphic Design and I see her ads on social media.

True in your instance, however, it is not the norm.
31 posted on 12/23/2021 8:58:11 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Drew68

Big Education:

Funneling borrowed money to Educrats to donate to Democrats.


32 posted on 12/23/2021 8:58:22 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Drew68

Those lists are insane.


33 posted on 12/23/2021 8:58:37 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: SemualRoberts

Community colleges on the trimester system. Minimum vacation breaks. Get to work by age 20.


34 posted on 12/23/2021 9:00:32 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: SeekAndFind

“I think the most important thing for us to do is to save souls for Jesus Christ. But that’s our jobs as Christians”.

Well, no - that’s GOD’s job. Christians don’t save anybody, we give people the opportunity to know Christ and his saving power. Critical difference, and sloppy language like this doesn’t help.


35 posted on 12/23/2021 9:01:00 AM PST by jagusafr ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

We need to support (and yes, even with my tax dollars if necessary) TRADE schools.

I have nothing against people studying English poetry, ancient history, or political science, but investing in the next generation of welders, plumbers, mechanics, draftsmen, linemen, heavy equipment operators, and truckers is a use of tax dollars that will actually repay us- both in terms of lower unemployment and a healthier economy.

It would be better to have low-interest loans, because kids learning an actual marketable skill are going to pay that loan off really quickly compared to the poor idiot with a $150K aboriginal basket weaving PhD, but I’d rather we put 100K more mechanics and plumbers and electricians into the field than 100K soldiers or welfare workers.


36 posted on 12/23/2021 9:10:39 AM PST by Republican in occupied CA (I will not give up on my native State! Here I was born, here I fight and die!!)
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To: SoConPubbie

It’s not what you major in; it’s what you know how to do. For instance, Art majors are taught how to weld.

Two years after I graduated with a BIT degree, no one cared about my major.


37 posted on 12/23/2021 9:11:46 AM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Rurudyne

Aptly put


38 posted on 12/23/2021 9:16:13 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: SeekAndFind

I got a great liberal arts education (History). It was academically rigorous, teachers did not push their own viewpoints in class and worth the cost. It was only after the end of the semester that I would discuss current events with the professors and most would talk about anything. To be sure, most had liberal leanings, but it never came through in the choice of reading assignments, lectures, etc. Maybe I was lucky.

I get more politics in class for the graduate courses I take in environmental science, policy, etc. And mostly from other students.


39 posted on 12/23/2021 9:31:44 AM PST by Fury
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To: Reno89519

Do both. Study many subjects. Also learn how to fix things so as not to be dependant on professionals all the time. Try not to support “victim” studies and don’t go to schools which have majors in that. But I agree with Cawthorn on many things, as reported in the article, but not all. He sounds pretty solid overall.


40 posted on 12/23/2021 9:32:28 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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