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there's things called scholarships, worked well for me and lots of other people. The problem is that easy student loans has made it so people who should have n
by cmahler7 9y ago
there's things called scholarships, worked well for me and lots of other people.
The problem is that easy student loans has made it so people who should have never gone to college are now going and flunking out after a few semesters of partying and now have 10s of thousands in debt with nothing to show for it.
Combine easy money with indoctrination telling kids that they will be losers if they don't go and you have the current situation
- falcolas 9y agoScholarships are hard to get when you're a white male with perfectly good (but not exceptional) grades. A bit easier when you're a woman, since they have more scholarships earmarked for you. Most people won't have scholorships, or at least not enough scholorships to cover their entire tuition. > telling kids that they will be losers if they don't go It's worse than "mere" peer pressure. A 4 year college education is all-but-required for entry level white collar jobs anymore. A college degree is this century's High School Diploma.
- cmahler7 9y agoNot really, only 1/3rd of millennials have degrees. Meanwhile there are tons of trade jobs that don't get filled because there's a stigma against it.
- falcolas 9y ago> because there's a stigma against it. And they frequently paid really low wages, since they're expected to be filled by immigrants, both legal and illegal. $10 an hour seasonally to pick onions? $15 an hour for a professional welder? Those are near-poverty level wages.