Teachers and leaders of American Society need to stop telling our kids to go to College!

[Ail]

HappySqurriel said:

Ail said:

So only the rich should get to go to college ?

Money shouldn't be the factor in who gets the good degree, skills of the students should be...

If it wasn't for the government's interference in higher education to make it more affordable, education would be far more affordable for everyone ...

 

 

To make a rough guess, I would say that without government intervention the average 4 year degree would cost between $30,000 and $40,000

 

What essentially happened is what happened when used car loans were introduced; a 5 year old used car jumped from being worth a few thousand dollars to being worth tens of thousands of dollars because everyone who used to be able to save up $2,500 to buy a 5 year old car now qualified for a $10,000+ loan on a used car. The car they were buying didn't change, they just paid more because they could afford to and the people who sold them the car made more money.

I come from a country where higher education is mostly free ( except some private schools business MBAs) so it's going to be hard for you to sell me on that ...

Heck I was paid by my school while getting my engineering degree..

 

The education of it's people is the one area where a government should intervene and pour money, because that's where the future of the country is decided...