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2012-04-17, 10:04 PM | [Ignore Me] #137 | ||
I really wish people would understand that the more people you educate, the higher job requirements get. You aren't helping anyone but Sallie Mae. They get tons of money from students buying degrees to get jobs their fathers could get with a 5 minute interview and a GED.
The more education you have, the less education is worth. Knowledge works just like currency... because knowledge is currency. Associate's Degrees are actually bad for you now, employers just assume you were too lazy to get a Bachelor's. Giving everyone a college degree just means that McDonald's and Wal-Mart will require a college degree, while the company you got the degree for, only wants the guy with a PhD and six years internship experience. There are tons of jobs that don't require any real education to do, but someone has to do them. Education /= Wealth Anyone can be a millionaire in a matter of years if they have the willpower and discipline to make it happen... even if they work for minimum wage. |
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2012-04-18, 03:40 AM | [Ignore Me] #139 | ||
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Btw, fun articles about Ron Paul with a lot of references.
http://thefbm.com/2012/01/04/the-str...y-of-ron-paul/ http://www.mrdestructo.com/2011/12/g...-ron-paul.html |
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2012-04-18, 07:30 AM | [Ignore Me] #141 | ||
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Interpreting them in particular ways in relation to race can be, yes. For example, it would not be racist to say the majority of crime is committed by certain groups if statistics say so. It would however be racist to attribute certain reasons or aspects to these groups in general and create unreasonable correlations.
Came across a few quotes in those articles that tend to do just that, or are at the very least insulting. Last edited by Figment; 2012-04-18 at 07:33 AM. |
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2012-04-18, 08:40 AM | [Ignore Me] #142 | |||||
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[quote And you would have done just fine in the US. You don't need to be in the 10% to go to college, but if you were in that 10% you'd be going to the state university of your choice for free. There's also local colleges, online colleges. The limit is not the money - its your own desire and effort. [/quote] No i'd be a lifetime in debt under ever increasing interest rates. Such a inviting prospect.
Really, its not like they are handing out degrees for free, you still have to work for them. Except you wont have to work a job at the same time in order to feed yourself and you can concentrate on your education.
At least with our system, people have the opportunity of a level playing field with the rich. If people dont take it, sucks for them. |
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2012-04-18, 09:27 AM | [Ignore Me] #143 | |||
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Just to correct you here, US is by FAR the richest country. None of this per capita basis to fudge the numbers to small rinky dinky countries. |
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2012-04-18, 09:40 AM | [Ignore Me] #144 | |||
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You want an example of fudging numbers? "We got 300 million moneys! We also got 300 million peoples! Nobody else has 300 million moneys, so we are the wealthiest country in the world!" That's simplistic thinking. You may have BY FAR a bigger sum of money, but also BY FAR a much larger amount of citizens than most smaller nations. SO OF COURSE you have a bigger sum. That doesn't actually say anything about wealth or prosperity! It's the wrong number to look at and it's obscuring reality! Here is your reality check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...al)_per_capita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...PP)_per_capita If you want to claim that - as a populace - you are the most prosperous, then you look at a per capita basis. Also: rinky dinky definition And Wildguns wonders why Americans are not always equally appreciated everywhere. >_> Last edited by Figment; 2012-04-18 at 09:52 AM. |
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2012-04-18, 10:02 AM | [Ignore Me] #145 | |||
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Thanks, I knew you'd agree with me. Sorry typo meant rinky **** as in, Insignificant; unimportant. Blame our public schools systems, they are like the suck. Last edited by HalfManHalfGod; 2012-04-18 at 10:06 AM. |
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2012-04-18, 10:08 AM | [Ignore Me] #146 | ||
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Just that the sum is rather irrelevant when talking about wealth. Qatar >>>>>>>>> USA in THAT respect.
EDIT: insignificant is not exactly true. You'll become aware of that one day. Last edited by Figment; 2012-04-18 at 10:21 AM. |
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2012-04-18, 10:40 AM | [Ignore Me] #148 | ||
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/education/10educ.html
This sort of article, maybe? Btw, does that wiki article state if demands on the student to get into secondary education are higher in the UK than in the USA? Or this one: http://www.edgetech-us.com/map/EduLvls.htm Seems the south east is underperforming at least. Last edited by Figment; 2012-04-18 at 11:08 AM. |
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2012-04-18, 11:48 AM | [Ignore Me] #150 | ||
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The sad truth is that most the money goes to supporting the giant bureaucracies rather then into the classroom.
Watch "Waiting for Superman" on netflix, it really spotlights the American public school systems. Last edited by HalfManHalfGod; 2012-04-18 at 11:54 AM. |
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