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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I keep thinking we are doing it wrong here. Too many people live off their student loans and never really learn much.. They keep getting money whether they do well or not. I think that sometimes we encourage people to scam the system when it comes to education.
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The scam is if you go to college you are guaranteed to make a lot of money. If you go to a junior college that is very inexpensive you get another chance [HS was your first chance] to see if you have what it takes in academics.
If you go to college you may make a lot of money when the degree matches the jobs that are vacant and high paying in engineering, science, business, computer science. The positions are vacant because the subject is difficult for average people with average IQ's. Some schools will recruit students leading them to believe that borrowing $40k/year to study French, Children's Literature Writing, or Communications at a University or Private Institution will pay off in the long run. That is a con job IMHO. Just when you are starting adult life you have big debt.