Posted on 03/17/2019 4:37:17 AM PDT by Kaslin
“Free college” is a desperate attempt to artificially maintain the academia industry in general, but in some areas is more concerned with preventing the flight of young people in particular. NY offers “free college”, but you must remain in the state in a form of indentured servitude one year for each year’s tuition you’ve received; the issue couldn’t be more clear. There is no future for young workers in NY state; the “sanctuary status” of NY (and NJ) only makes it worse for “makers” - by adding countless takers, along with their anchor babies. They keep the public education industry in business and prevent a housing collapse, but they contribute little to nothing - and young productive people are declining to foot their bills. Remaining in NY state for four years after receiving four years of “free college” makes no sense; it is simply too expensive, with little opportunity for a 22 year-old. Ask Sandy Cortez; how can you live on a barmaid’s salary (if you’re not from a wealthy family)?
The trouble is that it works. An IVy league diploma is the ticket to a good job in government and a raft of friends to help you along.
Tennessee has the Lotto funded scholarships which is a joke GDP is 2.5 to use it, and the RINO former gov pushed through 2 yrs of free college or trade school for Tennesseans. IN state only. Grandson will take advantage of the trade school next year when he graduates. At least he has the 3.5 GDP to pass ACT/SAT. Many of these 18 yr olds couldn’t pass either of them. Probably would have been a 4 if his crazy mother were stable and not shuffling him from school districts. Been stable for the past 2 yrs living with his Dad.
He has no money for Trade school, will be lucky to have enough for a Used car. He works PT and weekends, and all the days of Summer vacation he can.
I wasn’t referring to Ivy League schools, but unfortunately you’re right about that. Rush was expounding on why these wealthy people were involved in the corruption schemes recently exposed.
Licensing and certification is the way to go. They have to be renewed periodically, which keeps you on top of your game (or your out). Once you get a college degree, you’re good for the rest of your life no matter how bad you really are (”Hey! I got a degree!!)...
Good for him; he’s learning some valuable lessons, and the work experience should motivate him to make the most of the educational experience (it certainly helped me).
Also keep in mind that Vocational Schools were closed because student loans were withdrawn because not enough students graduated. Instead of fixing the problem, the result of that was HS grads lost a potential path to actual job training. There was no talk of fixing the path that if reformed could lead to real job skills.
"Free college" would also be a real nice path to keeping us everyday folk from infecting the elite's schools with silly things like fair admission standards. The Illuminati would continue to pay to keep their spawn isolated by money buying a product only they can afford.
That seems to be where the money is; when people get degrees in fields in which further licensing or certification is optional, those that use it tend to make much more money (law, engineering, accounting). One problem I foresee is that the affirmative action tokens can be given unearned diplomas but utterly fail when taking further testing; unfortunately I believe those standards as well will be watered down.
Definitely worth pursuing, though!
how long has your daughter been crazy?
I believe one of the reasons vocational training disappeared was because the future looked bleak for some of the programs involved (as we lost our manufacturing base); now that we’re bleeding white-collar jobs while seeing a resurgence of some blue-collar ones, that may change - but the costs at the high school level may be prohibitive (at least in my area). While many parents before looked down their noses at those programs, many of those DNA lines are ending and they’ve been replaced with some people who take a more practical view of work itself and the trades in particular. In any case, despite the 24/7 news blitz that college degrees are essential, many young people (of all colors) aren’t buying into it; they see the havoc that mindset wrought on the previous generation both in terms of accumulated debt and the low wages to deal with it.
Good post....with the critical thinking deficits i see with many young grads i believe a modern state school education for the unmotivated student is a scam on the taxpayer and waste of time for the student. Thats why educational professionals and students vote liberal......free ride till death.
You’re grandson is going to be fine!
There was also great resentment from some who felt (and undoubtedly were) steered into vocational ed, when they later decided and found a more academic path was right for them.
I think the trick is to keep options open for students through high school, whereby they can take whatever mix of classes, as long as they meet general and civic ed minimums and can meet the prerequisites, that they choose.
I’m not sure where he is planning to go to trade school, but our local community college (in NC) offers tons of programs, and there are lots of scholarships available. They are provided by local businesses who are desperate to find qualified employees. Good luck!
I thought parents had a lot of input into which path the students took - though undoubtedly many were quite content to defer to the guidance counselors’ “wisdom”...
That's a statistic that would be fascinating....how is the top quarter (or so) of non-college educated HS grads doing. Also, factor in their lack of debt and their extra years of earning a paycheck.
I think all of us who went our kids to college the right way deserve REPARATIONS from these colleges involved.
Yes, with any luck he may even learn the difference between your and you’re.
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