Posted on 01/17/2006 2:32:51 PM PST by MensRightsActivist
"I challenge you to find me a single case in which a "profitable" male sports program was eliminated in order to help a school meet the Federal Title IX requirements."
I don't recall the name of the football team that was on the Donahue Show several years ago, but just what you describe as not happening, happened to them. Yeah, it does happen.
Forget about teaching. Local districts started a pilot program of teaching math and science subjects remotely via broadband hookup from India. Existing faculty in these subjects were terminated, being replaced by proctors.
If successful, the entire secondary school faculty in the state of California could be eliminated by 2010.
Time to practice those burger flipping skills.
Thanks for posting that. I agree with your insights. IMHO, a lot of Republicans are really uninformed about the massive damage gender feminists like Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Hillary Clinton, and all those running the educational system are doing. IMHO, there are some Republicans on this thread who desperately need to read a new book that's just out to find out what gender feminism is doing to America. Women Who Make the World Worse
Does the job itself require that you have a degree or is it simply that the HR dept forces that gateway to be there?
Absolutely, they will be doing well. The reason I said 40 and not 50 is that I think perhaps the doctors and lawyers might pass the electricians and the plumbers in income and assets by that time. But 40? I don't think so. I've got a son-in-law at a top tier Philly law firm who makes the big bucks, but he just recently finished paying off his law school loans and has a lot of ground to cover before he can match a self-employed, hard working electrician or plumber in assets.
"Companies who need intelligent people will cough up the $$ to keep them.
You haven't seen the way companies are outsourcing and laying off people these days? That also depresses the salaries.
"Here’s the life time earning comparison: "
Your lifetime earnings comparison looks good but it doesn't tell the whole story. With fewer and fewer men going to college these days does that mean that in the future women are going to make a lot more than men since their numbers in college enrollment are still increasing? There is a reason for this declining enrollment in colleges. Even education bows to the supply/demand curve.
College students have experienced a significant drop in income in the last few years:
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2005/09/the_continuing.html
A college education used to be the ticket to a good job with a stable company, with lots of pension and healthcare benefits. Salaries were higher, too.
Your historical data makes your point, but I believe that we are entering a period where this data will not be duplicated. Since most analysts are saying that people will have to change careers at least once in their lifetime it removes alot of the positives for getting a college degree.
College degrees will make sense for professional degrees like law and medicine where you are self-employed and you can expect to maintain the same career for you life. But that will not be true of most careers IMHO.
The HR dept requires it. A barrier is a barrier, though, IMO.
Get this one...today I was at my local community college...just doing some research on a possible career change. I saw a poster about Elementary school teachers. I asked the counselor what I would have to do to become a teacher. She asked me if I had a BA...I said yes. She said send your transcripts to the State Board and they'll hire you. I was incredulous..I asked if there's something I actually have to know about teaching elementary kids. She said, NOPE. She said they're taking people off busses for emergency teachers because they don't have enough. this is Arizona. She said the pay is so low, nobody wants to do it. I am still spinning from this conversation.
Your doctor saw his future in the medical profession, and not just in English.
College is necessary for professions, but an English major,for its cost and time, will not yield anywhere near the payback for its cost.
Except that college sports scholarships was how a lot of guys paid for college.
You've pointed out a major problem with colleges today--some teachers can't teach, and they never will be able to teach.
The world of a college can be very insular and comfortable---no need to rock any boats. Are they the best to challenge young minds?
The world outside has a lot of rough water to navigate.
Now, there's an idea for a college course--Complaining 101.
It could help with some of those sticky consumer-type problems that are bound to crop up later in life.
I haven't heard much about it lately, but Federal Perkins funding is based on gender ratio improvement in "under-represented" populations. The fire academy has been getting flak over not enough women, and the cosmetology program is getting flak over not enough men. We've talked about a Fire-Cosmetology program. Today, we're doing Ladders and Pedicures.
Thank you, PC. I meant the cost was for four years.And those costs are rising at two to three times the rate of inflation.
Mike, it is true that many colleges don't cost as much as I said, but the cost range I quoted is not an unusual one for many private schools, especially with college costs rising at two to three times the rate of inflation each year.
Now many kids are advised to attend community colleges for the first two years, get an associiate degree, then transfer to a finish years three and four at a more expensive school that has the four year degree that is desired. Many take a break after the associate degree is earned to earn money for Phase II of the college experience.
This way, Mom and Dad don't have to barf up a lung so Junior can find himself the first two years at college.
BTW, thank you for serving in Iraq to keep me and my family safe. I am in your debt.Thank you. I'm glad you are home.
I also practice saying " Would you like fries with that?"
Guess I have to add "Would you like curry with that?" to my repertoire.
Good explanation of historical data versus future trending.
An excellent point.
Spelling is a job that should be taught in primary and secondary schools. I am not going to spend 50,000 dollar per year on my son in order to have him taught how to spell. If the teachers cannot do it, I will.
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