Posted on 04/11/2016 1:03:32 PM PDT by pabianice
He probably maxed out a half dozen credit cards. What, I have to pay those back too?
“one of them points out to you that the guy on the H1B visa working in the cube next to him got his Masters Degree for free in his home country.”
Except in his home country their college in NOTHING compared to ours. They basically get the degree with no effort.
In the USSR, college was free. Of course, only those who were obviously very bright, or those with political connections, or those token minorities could go, and then only study in fields chosen by the central planners. All the rest would go to skills schools, if that was approved. A person like the author of this article would probably end up being a file clerk in the Ministry of Agriculture office in Kazakhstan, which is probably better than the latte server he will be.
One of the issues with the current loan debts are the people who have signed up to local community colleges, or college of hairdressing or college of car repair....
and didn’t have the ability to hack them.
There are a lot of street sweepers who were accepted at “college” (remember Clinton required every training school to turn into a “college” to receive funding) and used college monies to live life without studies who are now walking away from loans.
This is the mortgage loan debacle writ large for college loans.
If there was no such thing as PROFIT, everything would be FREE!
For the greater good, of course.
Oh, and consider the money saved because the students don’t have to leave their home and pay living expenses elsewhere...
Master’s degrees in electrical engineering are not accepted from other countries in the semiconductor industry. I don’t know what industry you’re talking about.
I think all college professors should work for free.
Goodness this is tiresome. Why should I have to pay for some snowflake to spend time on a college campus, smoking pot, hanging out and allegedly taking classes, but those classes rarely lead to anything productive? And, what are the limits to this free college, and explain why? Can someone work on their basket weaving or lesbian studies for 5 years? 6 years? 10 years? forever? Masters and Doctorates too?
At 18, you are an adult. Make your choices and live the results. Want to go to college - that’s your problem.
“Four years in the Marine Corps will help them with those college expenses.
What makes you think this pathetic dweeb can handle four nanoseconds in the Marine Corps?
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Today’s little snowflakes would ball into a corner of the bus and cry the instant the DI came on board and started his routine.
Every time you try and counter that argument, one of them points out to you that the guy on the H1B visa working in the cube next to him got his Masters Degree for free in his home country.
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and here he is.
This is a UMass student, they are exempt from “natural law”.
No, that will set them 4 years back and in even worse shape with no experience in the field of the degree.
Not economics.
OK, most ECON departments are socialist, so maybe she is majoring in economics. Not math.
And what is the acceptance rate in his country? In other countries, if you do not have what it takes to achieve (IQ plus evidence of studying hard) you do not get in.
Every time you try and counter that argument, one of them points out to you that the guy on the H1B visa working in the cube next to him got his Masters Degree for free in his home country.
Masters degrees in electrical engineering are not accepted from other countries in the semiconductor industry.”
Seeing these people in college I can say I WILL NEVER accept one of their “degrees”. In their country, students get the answers to exams and plagiarism is the norm. No one writes their own papers, they pay for them and they copy each other.
Food should be free. People need it to survive, so it isn't right that only the wealthy can afford fine dining. Prime cuts of steak, lobster, organic vegetables, and a nice bottle of wine should just be free so I don't have to make tough decisions about how hard to work to be able to afford these things.
Guns and ammo should be free. The second amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. It isn't fair that they are so expensive. We should get them for free so that we don't have to make tough choices about which ones we can best afford.
Music downloads should be free. It isn't fair that the rich recording companies should be able to charge me money just to enjoy the latest tunes.
Is this starting to sound ridiculous? You want to know when it started sounding ridiculous? It was with this inane statement from your rambling little screed: "Higher education is a right."
Sorry, but higher education is NOT a right, anymore than the latest cinematic offering from Hollywood is a "right". You must pay for consuming any commodity you want, whether it is 3 hours worth of propaganda masquerading as entertainment or whether it is 4 years of indoctrination masquerading as education. Nobody owes you an education or a job or anything else in life. The sooner you learn that, the more successful you will be.
“I counter with: perhaps you should move to his home country and take advantage of “free college” “
Best answer yet.
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