Posted on 01/18/2009 10:34:57 AM PST by Graybeard58
Ans so is my son after years at Indiana University, and University of Colorado.
All it is anymore is indoctrination.
Smart kid was conservative until college.
I knew these things by 10th grade high school.
The problems stems from the last 20-30 years of liberal agenda in the Government controlled school system that has de-emphasized reading writing and arithmetic and heavily emphasized the spreading of the homosexual agenda, the environmental agenda and the socialism agenda. At the same time the government controlled schools have removed God, discipline, morals, patriotism and duty from the schools.
Agree (btw, corrected your spelling of cheep to cheap so not to embarrass we state college alum's).
This guy's son can go to a state school like I did. While going to school he can work a night shift at a truck stop like I did. When he graduates from high school he can join the army and utilize the GI bill like I did. Bottom line, tell the little punk to go figure out on his own how to get it done and stop the whining - same thing for his old man.
Ditto on the hogwash.
D # 2 did real well in school, # 2 in the class, got a couple of acidemic scholarships, some federal student aid loans and some cash from us.
Hard work and a little savings is all it takes.
Just do it.
What does out of the road mean?
Maybe if the author had a real job instead of writing for a newspaper, she’d be able to afford to send her boy to college.
Given the fact that the kid is only 7 years old, she’s got enough time to make a career change instead of going hysterical and whining like a typical liberal.
He will get the opportunity to observe first hand rare and disturbing diseases many times ~ and if everything works out well, and your kid is bright and not a dolt, he'll become a very good diagnostician and will be called in regularly by top medical specialists in the United States.
I don't know if these guys get all that rich, but they're popular.
BTW, lest I forget to note it this time, not all the doctors coming from Pakistan are good. Many are, in fact, DOLTS ~ but their fathers were rich or powerful.
Now, back to the $10,000 per year, that'll get him room, board, tuition, fees, examinations, and a full education for two other poor but smart Pakistani kids. He or she may well be able to afford a scooter out of that 10 K.
If he's lucky he will develop a deep and abiding sympathy for the poorest of the poor. Just about everyone in America can afford to send their kid to medical school in Pakistan. We are truly blessed among nations.
Actually, no: If a student is able to gain admission to Harvard, the money is their in scholarships and grants for them to attend, IIRC.
oops, what can I say I was a pych major.
Agreed...Junior College, if the students are motivated, is a bargain education...especially in CA...it’s like $25 a unit.
Took me 10 years. I went to grad school though. I took a semester off whenever I went broke.
Is a “unit” the same as a credit? If so, that’s ridiculously expensive for a community college. I paid 35 bucks a credit for a 4 year degree in engineering at a state university.
Get your undergrad in state, work after classes and during summers, and however else you fund the remainder, stay away from credit cards while in school. You should be able to stay under $10k in debt for 4 years of education (depending on the summer work you can get - and whether you can live with your parents during school/summers).
As for a “pedigree”, the bang-for-buck is much greater if you go to a tier-one school for a 2-year MA/MSc instead of the 4-year undergrad. During your Masters, you may have your tuition fully or partially waved (contingent upon 10-20 hrs a week of teaching/marking).
*waived
Is there any hope for her to return to her roots?
And stay at home. no way here:)
Why not, at least in public colleges and universities, put an end to “cultural studies, black studies, womyn’s studies ad nauseum.” And how many psychologists and sociologists does society need at public expense?
Instead, emphasize our American history and heritage, constitutional government, free market economics (and the error of socialism and communism), scientific truth, and USEFUL professions that require and undergraduate/professional education like engineering, scientific research, business and accounting, medicine, and to a lesser extent, law and theology?
It sounds as if some of the students discussed in the article would be happier learning a trade at less cost in time and money to them, their parents, and the public. College should be reserved for those wishing, to some degree, to pursue scholarship.
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