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Originally Posted by acorn54
partly right. there is plenty of blame to go around, but ultimately the individual is responsible for his financial decisions.
way back when, my father, god rest his soul, said to me, you only go to college to learn a profession. i decided on accounting, knowing full well that the profession i was entering had to pay for the loans i was taking out to pay back what i borrowed in a reasonable time.
let me elaborate what boxcar said earlier if he will permit me. if a person can't figure out what i knew at 18, he has no business going to college in the first place. don't blame the professors or the college administrators for the students purchasing their services. caveat emptor applies here, like in all other offer and acceptance transactions.
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Don't get me wrong here. I paid my way through college and believe kids should still do the same. You only respect a thing (diploma in this case) if you have skin in the game. That said, the driving force behind this govt subsidy scheme are the universities and teaching profession. To a lesser extent it is the high school guidance counselors who tells kids they have to go to college. If you're going to college for a psychology or history degree, for God's sake, don't go to college. Get a job or learn a trade and you'll come out ahead in the end.
I would like to know why history students pay the same tuition as engineering students? One is more valuable over a lifetime than the other. They should not be treated the same.
