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Originally posted by dd74
No child left behind, huh? Does that apply to kids about to embark on a $100,000 bachelors degree, if they can afford it, which most cannot. Or a grad student having canned beans for dinner -- again tonight? Why is that the case when he or she can outthink most of the planet? Is it because they didn't receive a degree in some "hip" and "wanted" major like Law or Business?
It seems in this country, higher education is losing its value on a semester-by-semester basis.
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In Georgia, you can get a free ride to a state school. The lottery in Georgia pays for your tuition. You must be a resident of Georgia to be eligible. In Memphis, TN, you can get a scholarship if you have good grades in high school. Any student can apply, and no person is turned down if you maintain good grades and honor your civic commitments. This is the Fogelman Scholar Program. Free rides are there for those who want it. It's not my fault some people live near or want to go to an expensive school.
The US is top-heavy. Everybody wants to major in Management and work at a Fortune 500 company. Nobody wants to be a carpenter or tradesman. The reality is the tradespeople are making the good money, while the PhDs are working at McDonalds. PhDs are in low demand. What percentage of jobs require a PhD-level education? When supply exceeds demand, their price goes down.
College is overrated, in my opinion. The ability to think, make decisions, and act are far more valuable then regurgitation of books. This is valid for the average layperson and average job, and not a nuclear physicist.
Get back to the basics. Teach kids how to read, write, and add. Then, teach the runts how to think. Maybe let kids suffer some. Let them know a dollar is not easy. Society has fooled people into thinking success is going to school and getting good grades. BS. It's a lot more complicated than that. A scientist is only as good as the words from his mouth. An engineer is worthless without motivation. A million dollar salary is peanuts if you spend 2 million dollars a year. Wow. Don't teach you that stuff in school, eh?
My point is school is only good to an extent. You still need to develop skills above and beyond. I'm proud to have a Bachelor's Degree, but when I got into the real world, I realized how much I didn't know. Luckily, my parents gave me some street smarts. Without that, I'd be some dumb schmuck going for a PhD, because I didn't have anything better to do...
All I ever needed to know was covered in Kindergarden...
