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I'm all for education, but so much of what passes for it is pure nonsense (IMHOP). And I'm not sure taxpayers ought to pay for, nor encourage, nonsense. That's

by jqm 12y ago

I'm all for education, but so much of what passes for it is pure nonsense (IMHOP). And I'm not sure taxpayers ought to pay for, nor encourage, nonsense. That's what parents are for. They have an incentive to say "no" after a bit. Maybe cleaning up the "educational" system a little might be a better first step. This program could simply be an expensive way (for taxpayers) to have a bunch of semi-bored kids half studying the sociology of Amish Lesbians while claiming they are getting a useful eduction. (this comment is not intended to offend Lesbians, Sociologists, The Amish, nor Semi-Bored kids... it's just that there is so much nonsense in schools.....I'd be all for the program if it was free math classes only.) This just seems like a pork barrel type thing for some groups, without achieving the stated objective of eduction.

learc83 12y ago
Most community colleges don't offer anything as specialized as Survey of Late 20th Century Post-Grunge Tribal Tattoos. Community colleges usually just take care of general education classes--like English Composition, College Algebra, Calculus, and History. I'm sure there are some nonsense classes, but there isn't much room for specialization in a 2 year degree.
- jqm 12y ago
  http://nypost.com/2014/01/30/rutgers-university-offers-class-on-beyonce/ http://nypost.com/2014/01/30/rutgers-university-offers-class... I'm sure you are mostly correct. My concern is that given free subsistence, I believe the plague of nonsense will grow. I also believe that paying for something is a way to give it value to those who pay. I don't see high school being very highly valued by most kids. And their valuation is probably not far from fair either. This article does very well at summing up some of my observations... http://www.popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=2734 http://www.popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=2734

by jqm 12y ago

learc83 12y ago

Most community colleges don't offer anything as specialized as Survey of Late 20th Century Post-Grunge Tribal Tattoos. Community colleges usually just take care of general education classes--like English Composition, College Algebra, Calculus, and History. I'm sure there are some nonsense classes, but there isn't much room for specialization in a 2 year degree.

jqm 12y ago
http://nypost.com/2014/01/30/rutgers-university-offers-class-on-beyonce/ http://nypost.com/2014/01/30/rutgers-university-offers-class... I'm sure you are mostly correct. My concern is that given free subsistence, I believe the plague of nonsense will grow. I also believe that paying for something is a way to give it value to those who pay. I don't see high school being very highly valued by most kids. And their valuation is probably not far from fair either. This article does very well at summing up some of my observations... http://www.popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=2734 http://www.popecenter.org/commentaries/article.html?id=2734