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We have a student debt crisis. This means, categorically, many degrees proper are bad investments. To pass on a bad investment is smart. There exist good degree

We have a student debt crisis. This means, categorically, many degrees proper are bad investments. To pass on a bad investment is smart. There exist good degrees but not everyone is fit for them. We could easily frame this as young women victimized by universities selling frivolous degrees at astonishing prices. I speak not of education or the humanities in abstract but rather the degree proper; the piece of paper. An expensive document should be understood as a certification with concrete numerical price that can be compared to its effect on your earnings. My advice to my daughter, who is working actively to become an artist, is very clear; stay far from college.

rndmind 5y ago
You said it better than I could. To pass on bad investments is smart, modern day universities charge an arm and a leg, and a bachelor's degree is not very useful. Lawyers, Doctors, require at least 6-7 years of 10k-50k Per Year. That's a lot of dough. When you involve that much dough... greed, scams, and predatory behavior are inextricably bound. Greed and education should never mix, I think it's contradictory. Community colleges are where the real education happens, imo "We could easily frame this as young women victimized by universities selling frivolous degrees at astonishing prices." It's not just young women, it's young people bro