Posted on 11/09/2005 10:43:17 AM PST by texassizednightcrawler
And I've yet to meet a plumber who makes only $25K a year.
Based on this column, I would say that Marshall University admits idiots and then allows them to write for the student paper.
Is it just me or was that essay completely incoherent?
That is so sad. I think I might cry.
What a pile!
There are millions of Americans who are doing quite well, thank you, without having had the opportunity to go to college. Myself among them.
The necessity of a college degree to success is one of the greatest myths of our age.
Formal college education can be great. It is not at all essential.
These kids think it's their *right* to have a college education at a $40,000 a year institution. Of course they think it's their *right* to have a lot of things. Life is going to be tough for them.
I would have to say the school has gone down hill since I was a student.
Its why college tuition rises faster then inflation (by astronomical amounts).
There are various solutions that would be more feasable and effective....and do not require congress and its iatrogenic side effects.
See Milton Friedman for more information.
BRAVO!!!
What a dope. Shut up and get a job, kid.
Q: What's the first thing a liberal arts graduate says on their first day of their new job?
A: "Would you like fries with that?"
"Do you know how many people I know who are waiting tables to pay off their loans because they cannot find a job in their fields?"
My daughter has loans to help finance her college education. She is now in her senior year at Rice. She already has a job offer to start working for a major German Chemical company with operations here in Texas. She will have no trouble paying off her loans. Of course, she majored in Chemical Engineering, not Woman's Studies.
Anyone in America, who wants to get an education can get an education. It is no doubt harder for some than it is for others, but anyone who is willing to do what it takes can get a decent education.
This lying little POS doesn't have a clue. Last I heard most so-called "scholarships" were nothing of the sort, but rather "needships" where those famlies that exhibited the most irresponsible fiscal behavior were rewarded with grants and no interest loans, while those famlies who scrimped and saved were paying the full freight for their own children and the deadbeats' children too. (run on sentence I know)
In a nutshell. Higher education is big business and serves to keep citizens out of the workforce for an extra four years - oh wait, 5 years...no, make that 6...
Especially if you study "Post Modern Womyn Literature" or "Hispanic History"
Your right, considering college had gone down hill, since 1998 when I finish my MBA. Most the students are graduating with degrees in sociology or silliness, which have little value. My mother would have killed me if went to school to become a Social Worker. She would have told me I was wasting their money.
If your degree is in a field that our capitalist system values, then yes, a higher education is worth it.
If you go into debt with student loans trying to obtain a degree in a field of study that is not highly-valued by our markets, then no, a degree is a poor investment.
That's really the way to look at a higher education...as an investment. You may get caught up in the "academia" aspect -- "I'm in my field of study for the pure enjoyment of learning." But for those of us who don't come from wealth, or who aren't trust-fund babies, an education is usually the best way to get well into the economic middle class.
And what's all this talk about trade schools? I suppose there are certain trades in which someone could make a very decent living--plumbing, auto mechanics, etc. I would think that someone in any of those fields would make far above 25K a year.
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