girl gone mad
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Wed Feb-09-05 05:01 PM
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Maybe people in the antural sciences tend to be skeptical thinkers. To be a Republican these days is to be a "true believer".
Also, I'm sure the hostility to science has something to do with it.
Have you graduated yet?
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| -Young adults passing on college |
Rose Siding |
Feb-08-05 10:48 PM |
#0 |
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I passed on college just because its for suckers |
bobbobbins |
Feb-08-05 10:57 PM |
#1 |
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I see you passed on the apostrophe, too. |
DS1 |
Feb-08-05 11:07 PM |
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That really depends on what you plan to do with your degree. |
girl gone mad |
Feb-08-05 11:10 PM |
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College correlates to something like +$1 million in life time earning |
AP |
Feb-09-05 01:09 AM |
#15 |
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I'm skeptical of those statistics. |
girl gone mad |
Feb-09-05 03:37 AM |
#21 |
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College degree == union card. |
trogdor |
Feb-09-05 09:19 AM |
#35 |
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That's what I did -- but opposite |
RadFemFL |
Feb-09-05 11:03 AM |
#64 |
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Did it help? |
trogdor |
Feb-09-05 03:17 PM |
#92 |
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Yes it did... |
RadFemFL |
Feb-09-05 03:19 PM |
#93 |
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It's the average. For the motivated, it's worth much more. |
AP |
Feb-09-05 09:36 AM |
#36 |
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What about inflation the greatest tax of all |
RawMaterials |
Feb-09-05 10:31 AM |
#49 |
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Why are so many so reluctant to admit the value of an education? |
AP |
Feb-09-05 10:38 AM |
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At the risk of becoming flamebait |
shrike |
Feb-09-05 10:40 AM |
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I also think there's a leading edge of uderemployed college graduates... |
AP |
Feb-09-05 10:47 AM |
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I agree, AP |
Steve_DeShazer |
Feb-09-05 11:08 AM |
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or the fact that the college degree |
RawMaterials |
Feb-09-05 11:29 AM |
#68 |
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Absolutely, I knew 30 years ago that I had to get an advanced |
VegasWolf |
Feb-09-05 02:47 PM |
#90 |
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I barely gadgiated from High School |
MadisonProgressive |
Feb-09-05 01:46 PM |
#77 |
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These are AVERAGES!!! |
AP |
Feb-09-05 02:04 PM |
#78 |
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I KNOW THEY ARE AVERAGES!!!! |
MadisonProgressive |
Feb-09-05 02:21 PM |
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The average for all Americans is about 43K |
AP |
Feb-09-05 02:32 PM |
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I think |
MadisonProgressive |
Feb-09-05 02:40 PM |
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I think people who don't go to college and make it anyway tend to be... |
AP |
Feb-09-05 03:50 PM |
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I generally agree with everything you just said... |
MadisonProgressive |
Feb-10-05 08:24 AM |
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workers wages today - $25,000 (SD) - $46,000 (NY) |
CountAllVotes |
Feb-09-05 05:32 PM |
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I agree that their is growing anti-intellectualism in the country, |
girl gone mad |
Feb-09-05 04:47 PM |
#101 |
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They are more likely to be welcome on a college campus |
shrike |
Feb-10-05 11:17 AM |
#113 |
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That seems to be one of my problems in college now |
Jamastiene |
Feb-11-05 03:53 AM |
#115 |
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Seconded. |
tasteblind |
Feb-09-05 10:57 AM |
#59 |
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because what's the point of telling us how great something is |
amazona |
Feb-09-05 11:32 AM |
#69 |
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Because the battle over how to pay for college is a completely different |
AP |
Feb-09-05 02:10 PM |
#79 |
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I'm not debating, I'm explaining |
amazona |
Feb-09-05 04:14 PM |
#98 |
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In an economy that is punishing people WITH educations, those without are |
AP |
Feb-09-05 05:07 PM |
#103 |
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AP is right |
shrike |
Feb-09-05 10:08 AM |
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I've done it both ways.... |
mike_c |
Feb-10-05 10:43 AM |
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What if... |
HuckleB |
Feb-09-05 11:00 AM |
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The other day on MSN |
One_Life_To_Give |
Feb-09-05 02:15 PM |
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It's no guarantee. |
ArchTeryx |
Feb-09-05 07:10 AM |
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Well said! |
thinkingwoman |
Feb-09-05 07:16 AM |
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*smile* |
ArchTeryx |
Feb-09-05 07:33 AM |
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English |
thinkingwoman |
Feb-09-05 12:22 PM |
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Majors and graduate degrees/ |
ArchTeryx |
Feb-09-05 06:16 PM |
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Big business tends to figure out who has the money, and then they take it. |
AP |
Feb-09-05 09:47 AM |
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It's obviously no guarantee, but it cerainly correlates strongly with... |
AP |
Feb-09-05 09:38 AM |
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Oh, no disagreement there... |
ArchTeryx |
Feb-09-05 10:54 AM |
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At the very least, many employers use NOT having a college deg. as excuse |
AP |
Feb-09-05 10:57 AM |
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Yep. |
ArchTeryx |
Feb-09-05 11:02 AM |
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Doctorates... |
solinvictus |
Feb-09-05 02:15 PM |
#83 |
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just for balance.... |
mike_c |
Feb-10-05 10:57 AM |
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Funny I went for poli sci and ended up making a lot of money |
Sterling |
Feb-10-05 10:56 AM |
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I'm a physics major, too. |
GOPBasher |
Feb-09-05 02:38 PM |
#88 |
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it's because nerds... |
amazona |
Feb-09-05 04:18 PM |
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True. nt :-) |
GOPBasher |
Feb-10-05 10:26 AM |
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Hello. |
girl gone mad |
Feb-09-05 05:01 PM |
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Yeah, I'm a physics teacher. |
GOPBasher |
Feb-10-05 10:27 AM |
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You teach physics? |
Jamastiene |
Feb-11-05 04:16 AM |
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Well.. |
GOPBasher |
Feb-11-05 07:58 AM |
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You've got that right.. |
KDLarsen |
Feb-11-05 05:21 AM |
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i haven't gone to college yet and i make pretty good cash.. |
egoprofit |
Feb-09-05 10:33 AM |
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Doing the job of your dreams, then? |
Lorien |
Feb-09-05 12:48 PM |
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Yeah. College helps people earn more $$$. Look at me. |
coloradodem2005 |
Feb-08-05 11:09 PM |
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Don't I know it... |
kypper |
Feb-09-05 02:12 PM |
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So D'Ya Want Fries With That? |
rwenos |
Feb-08-05 11:09 PM |
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I think College is great for some people. Its the only time |
lovuian |
Feb-08-05 11:11 PM |
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I agree, have two degrees |
EC |
Feb-08-05 11:26 PM |
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more and more people are being shut out from college |
WindRavenX |
Feb-08-05 11:49 PM |
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Harder and Harder to pay for college or... |
mudderfudder77 |
Feb-09-05 08:33 AM |
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And then are plenty of state schools that aren't dirt cheap... |
dean_dem |
Feb-09-05 09:46 AM |
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No kidding n/t |
shrike |
Feb-09-05 10:10 AM |
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Been there, done that |
MountainLaurel |
Feb-09-05 02:29 PM |
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I go to a dirt-cheap state school but I need big loans anyway |
conflictgirl |
Feb-09-05 12:32 PM |
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Heard just this morning... |
trogdor |
Feb-09-05 09:13 AM |
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Ohio has gone from one of the most affordable states to one of the least |
Maeve |
Feb-09-05 09:19 AM |
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as in thousand? |
Jamastiene |
Feb-11-05 04:08 AM |
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I was in Peru in the spring... |
tooncesj0nes |
Feb-08-05 11:53 PM |
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Indeed... |
HuckleB |
Feb-09-05 10:46 AM |
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College is no longer paying off in access to decent jobs |
starroute |
Feb-09-05 12:19 AM |
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I think every kid I know who graduated in the last two yrs. is |
barb162 |
Feb-09-05 12:25 AM |
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Fomenting Revoltion |
davekriss |
Feb-09-05 12:55 AM |
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I know what you mean |
Autobot77 |
Feb-09-05 02:06 AM |
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Is that the fault of college or Shrub's economy, though? |
shrike |
Feb-09-05 10:12 AM |
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So long Middle Class. We hardly knew you. |
AP |
Feb-09-05 01:06 AM |
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You got that right |
davekriss |
Feb-09-05 02:53 AM |
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It's amazing how little the anxieties about this percolate to the surface. |
AP |
Feb-09-05 10:55 AM |
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Lou Dobbs on CNN |
solinvictus |
Feb-09-05 02:31 PM |
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My oldest didn't even graduate from H.S.and has a mid 6 figure income |
SoCalDem |
Feb-09-05 01:07 AM |
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Statistics don't lie: don't graduate from college and the deck is stacked |
AP |
Feb-09-05 01:13 AM |
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We ALL know how LUCKY he is.. He has taken courses and may someday |
SoCalDem |
Feb-09-05 01:16 AM |
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statistics don't lie? |
thinkingwoman |
Feb-09-05 07:18 AM |
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does that 1 million dollar difference |
RawMaterials |
Feb-09-05 07:26 AM |
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See post 36 and post 39 |
AP |
Feb-09-05 09:49 AM |
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Not my nephew |
shrike |
Feb-09-05 10:16 AM |
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There are always exceptions to everything. |
HuckleB |
Feb-09-05 10:58 AM |
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Not everyone is motivated by money |
Xipe Totec |
Feb-09-05 03:21 PM |
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I'm in community college |
Jamastiene |
Feb-09-05 01:21 AM |
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So you'd quit, |
mudderfudder77 |
Feb-09-05 08:36 AM |
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No |
Jamastiene |
Feb-11-05 03:40 AM |
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Both of my sons passed on college. |
LWolf |
Feb-09-05 08:25 AM |
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it's not just about getting a "good job" |
cap |
Feb-09-05 08:50 AM |
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It's about getting a great job. Where else are you going to find a career |
AP |
Feb-09-05 09:55 AM |
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people don't take out tens of thousands of dollars in loans |
amazona |
Feb-09-05 04:22 PM |
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Yes and no. |
LWolf |
Feb-09-05 06:15 PM |
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People with degrees are more likely to participate in politics |
Rose Siding |
Feb-09-05 08:58 AM |
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My son is 23 and has never gone to college... |
RadFemFL |
Feb-09-05 09:01 AM |
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College is not for everyone |
shrike |
Feb-09-05 10:14 AM |
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That's what I did. |
Lilith Velkor |
Feb-09-05 03:21 PM |
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Poly Sci 101, Sociology 101...dangerous to the monarchy! |
backtotheuniverse |
Feb-09-05 10:24 AM |
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Just on a positive note, I thoroughly enjoyed my college years. |
VegasWolf |
Feb-09-05 10:26 AM |
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College is an investment, and as such, has risks |
Chico Man |
Feb-09-05 10:34 AM |
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Being that many young adults leave high school barely literate |
shrike |
Feb-09-05 10:36 AM |
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college is NOT a ticket -- it's an EDUCATION |
nashville_brook |
Feb-09-05 11:14 AM |
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I , too, passed on college when I was a kid . . . |
todwest |
Feb-09-05 11:17 AM |
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congratulations! |
dumtacetclamat |
Feb-09-05 12:32 PM |
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I am a statistic... |
carlaivette |
Feb-09-05 12:29 PM |
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oy that's true! |
b... |
Feb-09-05 12:45 PM |
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good for me, i guess....(?) |
enki23 |
Feb-09-05 01:25 PM |
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bush is the eddycated president. n/t |
VegasWolf |
Feb-09-05 02:50 PM |
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I'm in college and I enjoy it, but it really is just a ticket to a degree |
American Tragedy |
Feb-09-05 02:14 PM |
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I never went because of the way things were set up in our public schools. |
William Bloode |
Feb-09-05 03:25 PM |
#96 |
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