Comments on: Spendthrift Colleges Getting What They Deserve http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/05/03/spendthrift-colleges-getting-what-they-deserve/ The Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:57:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rick Beagle http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/05/03/spendthrift-colleges-getting-what-they-deserve/comment-page-1/#comment-4217 Rick Beagle Mon, 04 May 2009 03:13:40 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=3480#comment-4217 I am not going to disagree that our schools could use some work with regards to the quality of education that they are selling, nor that this is a pretty nasty economy. But with all of that said, a degree is only as useful as the person who wields it. I honestly believe we have had too many students who have been sent off to party for four years on Mom and Dad's dime. Perhaps parents need to spend a little more time helping their children understand what hard work is? Just something to mull over.... Peace. Rick Beagle I am not going to disagree that our schools could use some work with regards to the quality of education that they are selling, nor that this is a pretty nasty economy. But with all of that said, a degree is only as useful as the person who wields it. I honestly believe we have had too many students who have been sent off to party for four years on Mom and Dad’s dime.

Perhaps parents need to spend a little more time helping their children understand what hard work is? Just something to mull over….

Peace.
Rick Beagle

]]> By: SJ http://toughmoneylove.com/2009/05/03/spendthrift-colleges-getting-what-they-deserve/comment-page-1/#comment-4214 SJ Sun, 03 May 2009 20:23:34 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=3480#comment-4214 Well first for those who end up @ fast food / retail etc. I would hope/imagine it's a temporary fix due to the economy. If not the presence of a degree should (hopefully) help in making a career of it. At the very least the forced "hard work" and discipline college develops work etiquette to move up. However, I do agree there is an over-saturation of majors and what not; come onnnnn do we need thaaaat many people studying philosophy or leisure studies or english or so on... Which ends up fending into grad school =) Colleges that don't meet the core requirements, such as a good valuable degree should fall. I never did think about the recession helping cleaning up schools, tho it's kind of obvious. I think the thing is America is founded on the idea of the possibility of upward mobility. But the only way to get it usually is to develop the mind; Which invokes offering college to everyone who wants it (which is everyone b/c of schools convincing) instead of those who REALLY want it and have shown early that they have the skills for it. Basically cultural in-grained desire alone vs. individual desire and merit. I do think offering education to people who may not benefit fully is preferably to not giving enough but revisions need to be made. 1. teach more basic skills... 2. more merit based entrance and aid "These clowns have brainwashed themselves and many of us into believing that a college degree is not only essential but indeed an entitlement." Nice =) Well first for those who end up @ fast food / retail etc. I would hope/imagine it’s a temporary fix due to the economy. If not the presence of a degree should (hopefully) help in making a career of it. At the very least the forced “hard work” and discipline college develops work etiquette to move up.

However, I do agree there is an over-saturation of majors and what not; come onnnnn do we need thaaaat many people studying philosophy or leisure studies or english or so on… Which ends up fending into grad school =)

Colleges that don’t meet the core requirements, such as a good valuable degree should fall.

I never did think about the recession helping cleaning up schools, tho it’s kind of obvious.

I think the thing is America is founded on the idea of the possibility of upward mobility. But the only way to get it usually is to develop the mind; Which invokes offering college to everyone who wants it (which is everyone b/c of schools convincing) instead of those who REALLY want it and have shown early that they have the skills for it. Basically cultural in-grained desire alone vs. individual desire and merit.

I do think offering education to people who may not benefit fully is preferably to not giving enough but revisions need to be made.

1. teach more basic skills…
2. more merit based entrance and aid

“These clowns have brainwashed themselves and many of us into believing that a college degree is not only essential but indeed an entitlement.”
Nice =)

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