Originally Posted by Guest

I have found just the opposite. You read the wrong places.

YES, young people through the ages will experiment with different thoughts and ideas and you want to destroy that chance for them. I disagree with 100%. You should take the time and meet with and talk to some young college graduates....they blow me away and are really sharp. THEY make me feel good about the future. Most old white guys are simply bitching because the world did not stand still for them.

Do I agree with some of the things that happen on campus....hell no, but my parents hated some of the things I did and said in those years.

BY THE WAY....I investigated and found zero record of any time that Walter Cronkite said he did not want his daughter to go to college because of anything, let alone the behavior in those schools. Kept running into his name on college buildings or courses named after him however.

Originally Posted by Guest

That is all you have to say! Over and over again...

Donnie boy you are no longer worth my time or my intellect!

Originally Posted by Guest

So, not every person is cut out for, or should go to college, but those who do get a degree have a better than average chance of getting a good job, and career. For those who cannot, or will not get a college degree, there should be more technical schools available for them. Currently, things like auto mechanics, shop, and other trades that once were taught at the high school level have been discontinued because of budget problems with the school districts.

It is a Republican platform, and ideology to reduce taxes, which means that for many school districts dependent upon tax revenue for their continued existence, the population of Republicans in that area care more for their tax savings than for their childrens' education, nor for the continued growth of the economy that is driven by well educated people in both employment and businesses that they have built.

It is more an economic problem, rather than a subjective opinion that we face (along with many other problems) but in the words of an old adage: you get what you pay for.....

Selling shoes, or other consumer goods takes perseverance, persuasion, and good nature. So many of us should not look down on certain occupations, but, rather celebrate those who are excelling at them, and work to provide other avenues that can make their lives fulfilling. For some, that is college.

Originally Posted by Guest

Great post. Reasoned and sensible.

I agree with the concept you state. Recognizing vocational training along with college is sensible, but dismissing a college education is yet another way to dumb down and control thought process.

What is still bothering me is Rubicon posting that young folks should not attend college because they are "indoctrination centers"

Politicizing a college education is just flat out wrong to do. All young people attending college not only are there to learn, but also to try out different thought processes. Anyone who says otherwise are lying. Campus violence is certainly abhorrent, but to have an attitude that politics of any kind should interfere with the growth of our young people, or to insure they are not allowed to open their mind is wrong.

We are getting carried away with all the labeling.

Ignoring the praise of Karl Marx, I strongly object subjecting young people to a narrow, selected band of knowledge and experience.

College helps open a young persons mind, and to suggest corralling or thwarting that, to me is offensive.