...College Students Rate President Bush Near Historic Lows, Harvard Poll Finds

newswire ^ | 11/16 | Esten Perez of Harvard University's Institute of Politics

[italianquaker]

tagline says it all

[BamaAndy]

Children in college exposed to the likes of Chomsky, Chruchill, Hansen, know very little.

[cynicom]

Are you majoring in history????

[penowa]

A poll of the brainwashed? Proving that it works? I just love it when the silly little twits are shown on TV spewing the propaganda they've been taught. Just a few more years and they will enter the real world of life and learn in the school of hard knocks the rules, unless they choose certain careers that allow them to remain insulated from reality.

[riri]

You know what else I have always found that is justplain wrong--take this example, me. I was an art major (yeah, ridiculous I NOW know) anyway I went to a small, private and expensive college in Upstate NY.

They couldn't give me enough money or offer me more money in loans than they did. I turned extra loan money down, thank god.

Shouldn't the amount of money given out, in some way, correlate with the amount of money someone with that major is likely to earn?

I could have easily walked out of there with a pretty worthless peice of paper and 50k in student loans.

[television is just wrong]

so does screening the conservative students from being included.

[Young Scholar]

No, political science (which was probably not the greatest move). My economics minor may come in useful, though.

[cubreporter]

college kids...make me smile.

[rhombus]

I could have easily walked out of there with a pretty worthless peice of paper and 50k in student loans.

This is pretty much what many kids are doing now. Even public colleges are hugely expensive now. The problem of course is that students have always been taught that going to college means success and success means jobs. They just assume they'll get these great jobs when they get out and don't even consider tuition costs and what they and/or their parents are borrowing (they have no conception of $5K or $50K or $500K). The problem is made worse by teachers and college professors who have never left the school system and really don't have a clue about what the heck the real job market is like. Surely in their defense the job market changes rapidly and it is harder to consider such things but for the most part, teachers and professors shrug off any responsibility for such things using such platitudes as "We teach people to think". Meanwhile colleges take this tuition money and put it into new brick and morter projects for their beatiful campuses which are used to lure more students into this campus fairy world.

[cynicom]

Perhaps a switch into a history field would be very beneficial.

[Young Scholar]

Perhaps, but I'd like to graduate on time. I am, however, focusing my studies on political history, political philosophy (and its history), and economic history, so I'm getting a good dose of it that way.

[cynicom]

Good for you. The one thing they cannot teach is life, that you have to live to reap its benefits.

[Young Scholar]

The one thing they cannot teach is life, that you have to live to reap its benefits.

Having recently passed my sophomore year (when I would probably have ignored that), I certainly see that truth in your statement. Largely for that reason, I have dropped plans to enter politics until after at least 20 or so years in the private sector. I just don't see the point in being in government until I've gained some experience in private life.

[riri]

I am hearing of these majors now and just wanting to laugh. Queer Studies, Women's Studies, Latino Studies, Interpersonal Communications---I want to tell them to save their money and head to the nearest community college and register for the plumbing program--because it would be a lot more beneficial.

Sure, a degree is a foot in the door, but you have to be the sort of person who has the initiative and drive to do something once that foot is in the door. Let's face it, the vast majority of people who choose such degrees probably don't and after four years of listening the mind numbing PC garbage in a university somewhere--they may never. Thankfully, we have coffee shops on every corner.

[BlueMondaySkipper]

College Students Rate President Bush Near Historic Lows dumber than ever, Harvard Poll Finds

There, I fixed it.

[rhombus]

I think many of these students are inadequately taught. Do they blame their teachers? No way. When they get out, can't find a job and end up in Starbucks, they snipe about how it's not "fair" (4-letter word) and how some President needs to "fix" the economy .

[Renegade]

Not lived ( past tense ) --LIVE!- Two boys graduated from college -Tuitions are paid off - Now retired along with the wife , in good health ( knock on wood ) and doing the things I couldn't do for many years . Its the American Dream and I hope you are also able to partake of it . Now on a fixed income and see the (party of my choice ) not Demorat ,is possibly going to tax the hell out of me .

[joesnuffy]

9 out of 10 inmates at the aslyum vote that that
their particular diagnosis be taken out of the DSM

[joesnuffy]

I'ma dysciphrenic schylectic not only get my mords wixed up
my hullicinations are backwards

[jpsb]

And I thought Harvard students were bright. Guess not, LBJ and Jimmy were far worse then Bush.