Interesting article: Everything Wrong with College And that’s how you end up with doctors being forced to endure 14 years of schooling. Hard to open a little family practice and provide cheap care when you’re 160 thousand dollars in debt. It’s become pretty fashionable these days , both for the ‘left’ and the ‘right’ to… Continue reading Is college a big waste of time and money? It depends
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Despite indoctrination, a college degree may still be the best path out of poverty
From Washington Post: Poor kids who do everything right don’t do better than rich kids who do everything wrong I had to double-check because the chart seems to contradicts the author’s thesis that the American meritocracy is dead and that upward mobility is impossible. It doesn’t look so bad when you consider that 67% of… Continue reading Despite indoctrination, a college degree may still be the best path out of poverty
Solving the Student Loan/Debt Crisis: A Plan That Can Work
On sites like Reddit, 4chan, and College Confidential, stories of college graduates saddled with piles of debt and poor job prospects, are becoming commonplace: Many on the ‘left’ (and I say ‘left’ because it’s mainly democrats who raise this issue) complain about student loan debt being too high, as well as poor job prospects for… Continue reading Solving the Student Loan/Debt Crisis: A Plan That Can Work
Fixing the Student Loan Debt Crisis and Reforming Edcuation
From Demos: Why Education Does Not Fix Poverty The author lists some reasons why poverty has not fallen in spite of the US population becoming more educated: First, handing out more high school and college diplomas doesn’t magically create more good-paying jobs. When more credentials are chasing the same number of decent jobs, what you… Continue reading Fixing the Student Loan Debt Crisis and Reforming Edcuation
The Daily View: Math Resurgence, Economic Growth, Student Loans
The Math Revolution:The number of American teens who excel at advanced math has surged. This agree with earlier posts I have written countering the commonly held belief that America is ‘dumbing down’, when in fact it may not be. It also agrees with posts about the rise of ‘nerd culture’, and how STEM skills are… Continue reading The Daily View: Math Resurgence, Economic Growth, Student Loans
#Nationaloffendacollegestudentday
#Nationaloffendacollegestudentday is going viral on Imgur and Twitter. These tweets are great; here are some: As part of the post-2013 SJW backlash, smart millennials on Reddit, Imgur, 4chan and elsewhere are disabusing the leftist lies told to them by their parents, teachers, and clergy. No, you’re not special. Quantifiable results matter. Some people are better… Continue reading #Nationaloffendacollegestudentday
The Daily View: Elite Colleges Should Abolish Tuition; Apprenticeships
From Unz:Our Elite Colleges Should Abolish Tuition Although Harvard is widely known as one of America’s oldest and most prestigious colleges, that public image is outdated. Over the last couple of decades, the university has transformed itself into one of the world’s largest hedge-funds, with the huge profits of its aggressively managed $36 billion portfolio… Continue reading The Daily View: Elite Colleges Should Abolish Tuition; Apprenticeships
Breaking the Tuition Feedback Loop
From Aaron Clarey: On Reddit, 4chan, the blogospehre, and on Youtube, there are three ‘great debates’ that have been raging since 2013: SJWs/Gawker vs. Redpill/PUA/MRA/Gamergate, the largest most heated of the three, is an internet version of the age-old left vs. right schism, but the battle is waged on Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, and blogs instead… Continue reading Breaking the Tuition Feedback Loop
We’re Making Life Too Hard for Millennials
From Steven Rattner of the NY Times: We’re Making Life Too Hard for Millennials TO some, millennials — those urban-dwelling, ride-sharing indefatigable social networkers — are engaged, upbeat and open to change. To others, they are narcissistic, lazy and self-centered. Saddled with debt and thin paychecks, millennials are delaying purchasing cars and new homes, low… Continue reading We’re Making Life Too Hard for Millennials
Countering Flawed Arguments of the Anti-College Movement
There are good arguments against going to college, namely the leftist bias and the possibility of accumulating a lot of debt for a degree that has little earning power, but there are two dubious premises perpetuated by anti-college movement: 1. That a college degree is worthless 2. That going college holds back people from achieving… Continue reading Countering Flawed Arguments of the Anti-College Movement