I’m a college professor. Even though it benefits my profession to have all our classes filled, I can tell you that between 1/3 - 1/2 of the students in college now are just wasting there time. About 1/3 of the students belong there (e.g., will graduate in their chosen major). The middle 1/3 have the capability (to excel) but don’t take it seriously enough. The bottom 1/3 should be doing something else entirely. This is a tremendous misallocation of resouces. Probem is that almost no one has the courage [anymore] to have a frank conversation with these kids about their future.
And, yes, I realize its “their time”, not “there time” and “problem” vs. “probem”. That’s why I teach computer science vs. English. I’m used to the compiler finding my syntax mistakes.
I can tell you that between 1/3 - 1/2 of the students in college now are just wasting there time
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I hope you aren’t an English teacher.
Mr. College Professor, I think that this should be "their" time? I have no college degree, but am old enough to have worked as a secretary (no, not administrative assistant -- there is nothing wrong with the word secretary) before you were required to have a college degree. I could type and take shorthand, that is what was needed, and I learned that in high school.
Generations of males and females got jobs right out of high school and found themselves becoming productive members of society (I daresay, may of our young and not so young people would be far better off with a "productive" job than lounging around, using drugs, getting paid to do nothing and hating society in general.)
After WWII, men came back and decided to further their education with the GI Bill, though most did not and went to work, married and raised families.
Americans did not have the entitlement mentality that many do today. It's hard to feel "entitled" when you are working.
That is a big part of what is ruining our society, as may young people have gone to college, graduated, found that the jobs available aren't going to pay them what they think they deserve.
Those with the means to do or or not, decide to "get their Masters" not for the educational benefits that they will need for their future but merely as a way to avoid working!
True story. My father was a college professor (Veterinary Science). One of his advises was not cutting it either academically or in terms of the effort required. He had repeated talks with her trying to get her to step up the effort to no avail. Finally, he had a frank discussion with her about changing her course of study to something less demanding.
She told her father, a bigwig in the campus administration, that my Dad told her she was too dumb for the program. Big lie, but it didn't matter. Dad got reprimanded and demoted for telling the truth.
Long story short is that if ObaMao wants to go man to man against Santorum on this topic, then Santorum wins. There are tons of kids who have made successful and productive careers in an assortment of trades by not going to or getting out of college. There would be a lot more if the academic establishment wasn't hell bent on lying about the value of a degree in womyn's studies or other similar claptrap.
There will always be a lower 1/3. I like fries.