I hear a lot of people complaining about education.....

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g8terh8ter_eric

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but yet the people who are more geared towards a tech career or trade are forced to learn the same crap over and over again but yet don't retain the things that are over their head. Most of the people I know who are trade based are pretty smart individuals, they just didn't care for the things they were being forced to learn that not everyone need. Anyone disagree that people should be identified earlier in life who are leading into a trade based or tech career and shown the things they need to thrive and be more of an asset to the workplace and the economy itself?? Most of those that go that route start working right out of HS and should at least have 4-6 years of prep so they don't struggle out of the gates and are better employees. I maybe totally off on this, but I think it would allow for a better learning environment for those who aspire to go to college.
 
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kptvol said:
Good thing the military will pay for it. Johnny get your gun.
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They are really being fickle about things concerning that though kpt. My wife didn't even get all the money that they talk about for her education. She got some, but nothing like they talk about. It's fickle at best, but you do get some.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Most of the people I know who are trade based are pretty smart individuals, they just didn't care for the things they were being forced to learn that not everyone need.
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I was kinda like this. Good grades in high school, good grades in college, just felt like I was wasting my time taking all my general classes. And I was unsure of what I wanted to major in. Ended up quitting and getting my licenses to be an aircraft mechanic.

I can understand being required to have so many math classes/english classes, but really I think it's a waste of time to be forced to have general history/science/art/pe if you know what you want to major in.

I was told by an advisor at U of Memphis back when I was enrolled that so many general classes are required to give students an opportunity to sample a variety of subjects and see what's out there. I resonded that it's a waste of money to force people to take classes that aren't needed.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
They are really being fickle about things concerning that though kpt. My wife didn't even get all the money that they talk about for her education. She got some, but nothing like they talk about. It's fickle at best, but you do get some.
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and then there are those who were finishing up their undergrad degree right as govt help came rushing in. What I wouldn't give to be 3 years younger!
 
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sorry to re-post to clarify my source, but here's (one of) the quotes from obama that I was referencing...

"And maybe if he spent some time in the schools of South Carolina or St. Paul or where he spoke tonight in New Orleans, he’d understand that we can’t afford to leave the money behind for No Child Left Behind; that we owe it to our children to invest in early childhood education; to recruit an army of new teachers and give them better pay and more support; to finally decide that in this global economy, the chance to get a college education should not be a privilege for the wealthy few, but the birthright of every American. That’s the change we need in America. That’s why I’m running for President."

change indeed. :furious3:
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Poor people paying for their and the middle classes children's education. Genius.
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looking back, I would have liked the lottery scholly to help me out, but I was against the idea from the beginning for the poor and the fact that it is now causing massive over population in our state schools and the number of freshmen actually graduating is sliding at a tremendously high rate last time I checked.
 
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i know a lady who works in private practice as a lawyer and is a lottery fiend, she plays it every day and already is bringin home a couple hundred K a year. why i have no idea.
 
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my parents are big lottery fans. The Virginia set up is world's better IMO, and that's the tickets they play.

Although, they played the TN lotto some, but would usually drive into Va on Sundays for cheaper gas and scratch tickets. They aren't loaded, but we were never hurting for money growing up either. They just have fun with it. My dad had mostly the same views I did on the TN lottery, but he was hoping to see money get spent other places than just education in TN. It's all moot now as they have moved up to VA.
 
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