Why college is so expensive.
shadowcat
Atlanta suburb
Do you really need a class in rock climbing to be a dentist or engineer?
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China graduates a million engineering majors each year. We get entitled Social Justice Warriors.
The program expanded in the late 1960s and showed signs of trouble in the 1980s.
The other thing corporations and the government did was to make Bachelor's degrees the new HS diploma. How many places want at a bare minimum a BS or BA degree, but would really prefer an MA or MS? How many people think they HAVE to get one or they will be nowhere in life?
So if you grade a little too high above the average, you are being mean and destroying their chance to get a good job. It's almost like the idea of excellence over mediocrity as a virtue has faded away. More important is that you have checked the right boxes...
Besides that I partied, played rec and club sports, and chased girls. Really fun but what I probably really needed was a stint in the Marines.
I have a niece and nephew that may take advantage of the new free community college for their first 2 years of school then transfer when they pick a major. Probably a good idea especially if it’s “free.”
If only I knew what I know now. I have a buddy that went into the Air Force as soon as he graduated high school. Got his degree for free in the Air Force, worked as an assistant in the operating room. Retired with full pension before he turned 40, now works in the private sector doing the same job while drawing a pension at 40!!!! Oh and the kicker, he never was stationed anywhere there was a conflict during his entire military career.
When I was in college - I enjoyed the courses taught by professionals who worked in business and had real world knowledge. I couldn’t understand some of the garbage the aging academics spewed - as their knowledge was not pertinent.
I think there are far too many useless majors - without any real world use. They simply fund the coffers of universities while providing students with useless degrees.
As a college freshman - taking the traditional freshman composition course - I wrote my semester long paper on the SAT’s. I researched the tests and I researched the real world - and I drew my conclusions - and produced a well written final product. My thesis was - Are the SAT’s biased - do they favor students who are white and from privileged upbringings. My conclusion was where I got myself into trouble - and it provided a valuable lesson learned. I concluded the exams were not biased - but societal factors are the cause of lower scores for certain demographics - and the exams provide an accurate real world view as society has biases as well. My professor hated everything about my conclusion! I learned that liberals are very accepting as long as you agree with them!
Is a way to get easy credits for students that need a GPA boost (POC or otherwise)? Even though the Ivy League does not have "athletic" scholarships, wanna bet there are lots of athletes in that class?
I remember in school that all the freshman easy A 1 hour survey courses were filled with football players. Athletes suddenly left for the pro's when the school ran out of classes that they could pass. they would have half the credits needed to graduate, but were almost as far from their degree as when they walked in the door.
So this has now expanded to all students. We don't care if they will ever get a degree. Keep them paying tuition for as long as possible by giving them lots of easy and fun courses to take.
Omg! I am so proud of you boy! You me a great democrat! Sounds like you want free college for everyone with a rant like that, and you brag about the grest government funded schools in your liberal area! You can't wait to let others pay for your socialist security welfare! Ooooh and weed for all to support our idiocracy. Well done boy! 👏