Originally posted by: MolimOrion
Originally posted by: GoHeels
Are you just posing this as a question, or do you have a solution?
The solution would be to offer free college education to all, by re-distributing the wealth acquired by other people's work.
It is pretty damn selfish to only want those who can afford college, to get that college education. It should be provided to all, just like Pre-K and K-12 education.
Not a very smart answer. There are a SMALL number of people who can outright afford college. A VERY small number. School might be "free" to us as a part of the "unwashed masses"---but even "free school" from K-12 isn't worth what we pay into it. Even with "free" education, parents are forced to buy/spend tons of money for "learning materials"---everything from school supplies, computers, you name it. What we get versus what we pay for is a crying damn shame. Idiot groups like the NEA claim that students aren't learning because we aren't spending enough on education. A total myth perpetuated by nothing more than greed. A child's capacity to learn is great--if we have great teachers. A rare commodity in these times. Compare what an eighth grader was responsible for 100 years ago versus today. An eighth grader back then would be a friggin' Harvard grad compared to what we have today. You can thank the "dumbing down" of lesson plans, more lenient grading scales, and reduced standards as they apply to excellence in academics. Today...we don't fail kids who deserve to fail because it might upset their "internal balances" or hurt their self esteem because their friends are moving up to the next grade and they are excluded--left out...because they didn't do their homework or give a damn about school. As a result--we have kids in high school who can barely read or write and butcher the English language to the point that you want to smack one of them in the face.
I know of perhaps one or two people that I work with or associate with who had 100% of their college paid for by their parents. The rest got into debt for a very long time with student loans to ensure that they got a good education and hence a good paying job. If a person is unwilling to make sacrifices for their personal development or their future...why should my tax dollars go to pay for someone else? The whole reason that employers require such academic prerequisites is because they know the weaknesses inherent in the public education system, and they want people with the educational initiative to go out, better themselves, and learn.
So don't throw this "people can't afford it" crap out there. The government gives away tens of billions on entitlements, academic scholarships/subsidies to people who are considered "low income"---as do most universities or colleges. Here's another idea....get a scholarship by getting good grades or excelling at a sport. The bottom line is that not everyone is cut out for college...and we certainly don't need to burden the American taxpayer with another retarded plan based upon human emotion---that is paid for by someone else. If you want a college education---work hard in K-12, earn scholarships, or take out some student loans like everyone else.
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