tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post8941912020323649689..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: A Generation Hobbled by the Soaring Cost of CollegeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-80371149422612746852012-05-14T10:16:11.540-04:002012-05-14T10:16:11.540-04:00I know I'm also crippled by college debt. Hone...I know I'm also crippled by college debt. Honestly, it's changed my entire attitude about education in this country and I have a feeling that if something isn't done soon it will unleash a financial crisis worse than the housing bubble.mjlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961183796915363873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-41006300946316675572012-05-14T09:35:40.688-04:002012-05-14T09:35:40.688-04:00A college degree used to indicate that one was abl...A college degree used to indicate that one was able to acquire knowledge and apply reason, which is why it was considered important for so long. But, I think many people are awakening to the fact that colleges have not dispensed with teaching reason and chased after obscure facts that have less and less bearing on the real world. Nowadays, fewer students enter college prepared for college, and fewer college students exit college prepared for the real world.Fr. Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377360010219230919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-51299036672027967572012-05-13T01:15:47.559-04:002012-05-13T01:15:47.559-04:00Student loans are a scam. See this link for the de...Student loans are a scam. See this link for the details: http://www.collegescholarships.org/research/student-loans/<br /><br />A university education is generally a waste of time and money in today's world, unless you go into medicine, law, hard science or engineering. Pretty much everything else can be self-taught, including IT. Those years of university are sunk opportunity costs that could have been spent getting your career going, earning money, and learning a trade. Another thing most developed nations have that the US doesn't: free or nearly free university education. Student debt is an intentional government-controlled way to keep people in a servile position for years to come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-31695382921229915112012-05-12T22:41:21.797-04:002012-05-12T22:41:21.797-04:00Easier for the elite to keep the rest of us in lin...Easier for the elite to keep the rest of us in line if only they can go to college.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.com