tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post3425660009918181085..comments2024-03-29T00:16:51.148-07:00Comments on American Politics: Still think that college is a waste...............................Twinsdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768095454310182677noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-38976343031421708592015-05-31T05:48:22.130-07:002015-05-31T05:48:22.130-07:00Thomas Jefferson never used the terms Freshmen, So...Thomas Jefferson never used the terms Freshmen, Sophomore, etc,,,he called students by the term they were in, first year, second year, etc.<br /><br />He said you came to university to get the education you needed. When you had it you left. I trust his thinking. And I also think this applies to other levels of academics as well.<br /><br />The problem we have is a lack of flexibility in learning. I think the net is changing this. I also think that the liberal east and left coast units of higher learning will eventually, or probably already, mostly just educate rich people's kids.<br /><br />Higher education is not the only problem. Students in many cases come to university woefully unprepared. Therefore requiring remedial leveling, therefore wasting precious resources, therefore wasting (read more borrowed) money.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12064694227628006142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-62851155945053181522015-05-29T19:36:39.830-07:002015-05-29T19:36:39.830-07:00Mick, What can I say, you obviously know few conse...Mick, What can I say, you obviously know few conservatives in the world.<br /><br />Rick, the same applies to you. <br /><br /><br /><br />loumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04882146154150499756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-64889986339648065692015-05-29T14:45:39.217-07:002015-05-29T14:45:39.217-07:00Louman the majority of the conservative talking he...Louman the majority of the conservative talking heads have been bashing the college education for the last couple of years. I do understand some bias as Obama has made it easier to get loans and repay them and student debt is very high. But The fact remains that one who has a degree in just about anything will make quite a bit more then one who only has a high school diploma. The STEM disciplines exacerbate the wage gap between those who do and those who don't. I feel sorry for anyone in today's world without a great education. They are totally lost.rick0427https://www.blogger.com/profile/16896247508408180825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-58315338574393916092015-05-29T11:29:11.468-07:002015-05-29T11:29:11.468-07:00The conservatives who post on the internet blogs.The conservatives who post on the internet blogs.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957066214035948958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-91413700342899597352015-05-28T17:18:18.566-07:002015-05-28T17:18:18.566-07:00Interesting how you claim conservatives believe. ...Interesting how you claim conservatives believe. What conservatives??<br /><br />As a conservative that holds a BSEE and a MBA, your generalities are a joke. Here's one, most of the poor and middle class voting for Dems are uninformed and vote for who will give them the most freebies.<br /><br />How pathetic.loumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04882146154150499756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-50597297804240339292015-05-28T12:40:35.418-07:002015-05-28T12:40:35.418-07:00Well, many of the conservatives I read say that co...Well, many of the conservatives I read say that college grads make no more than non-college grads, which is clearly untrue. Perhaps they think that the expense of their student loans levels the field, which is again clearly untrue. Maybe it's just wishful thinking.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957066214035948958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-63005086414018314732015-05-28T07:53:12.953-07:002015-05-28T07:53:12.953-07:00They don't knock the degree for the time and t...They don't knock the degree for the time and trouble Mick it's the cost. Yes college is expensive but the results have been proven. Of course the repubs will rehash the welder in Texas that makes a 6 figure income, rare in that field and will neglect to tell you he learned his craft in community college.rick0427https://www.blogger.com/profile/16896247508408180825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4066062120776667625.post-76962732269593547022015-05-27T16:56:42.485-07:002015-05-27T16:56:42.485-07:00Having spent a great part of my life in higher edu...Having spent a great part of my life in higher education, I must agree with this report. I have never understood why people say that a college degree is not worth the trouble when every measure refutes their claim. Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957066214035948958noreply@blogger.com