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Yes. Do you not understand colleges are businesses?

You've painted yourself into a corner again. What percentage of colleges do you feel aren't "diploma mills"? Are you honestly telling all of us students graduating from the vast majority or colleges these days are getting their money's worth? Diplomas are the product of all colleges and their goal is to sell as many as possible. For profit or not…

Again... Part of the problem. How can you complain about a system you created? FYI… I have no degree and do well enough. You do not need a degree to make a very nice living. You are continuing one of the greatest lies being sold to our young people and it is putting them in tremendous debt and hardship at a very early age.

They believe the claims because people like you give them the “facts” to back it up. You’re talking yourself in circles and don’t even know it. You’re complaining about a system that you enabled with your practices. Justifying your practices and views justifies the schools ability to increase their fees. You prove to them and those attending there is value. According to you those seeking employment do not have an opportunity at your place of work without the expensive degree. More people apply to colleges to work at places like yours. College applications roll in and they charge more to me

How do you come up with the notion a "named" degree equals a better employee? Call me silly, but I think it is the job of the interviewer to determine the ability of a potential employee. Not the name of a business (college) across a piece of paper... The world is full of people who effortlessly cruise through school but fall on their face when tasked with real work. Thirty or forty years ago you could make the argument you're attempting to make now. Currently it doesn't hold water because colleges are full of people that shouldn't be there. No matter what name is across the top....

We must live in the same neighborhood.

I'd say you're part of the problem then. Your requirement that a potential employee sit in a class room gives colleges the ability to charge ever increasing fees. You want consumer protections but turn around and tell the education system their current model is correct. You have no room to complain about the current system if you can't see your requirement for classroom work is giving colleges the ability to charge any price they want.

No degree here and no problem getting a job at any tech company. I've got news for you... Companies are looking for experience now. That piece of paper equals about the same thing no matter what name is across the top of it. (with a couple of exceptions...) If you want to be in tech you're better off spending the money getting certified in the technology that interests you instead of dropping stupid amounts of money on a CS degree that isn't going to give you relevant skills. Stories like this make me even more grateful for my military service. No Student loans Skills employers lo

I use National Car for most of my rentals. I travel a lot so it might be different for the entry level, but from what I remember emerald isle is open to everyone. Just rent a midsize car and you can pick from any car available on "Emerald isle". It is a gamble at smaller airports, but Atlanta has a large national car setup. Last time I went out of town I rented a midsize and grabbed a nice Caravan for the same price since it was on the "isle" I have the highest status so there are usually better cars there, but not always. Worst case scenario you have to take a mid size rental. Best case

Mine dropped $30,000!

In your extremely liberal based opinion. How you assumed I'd be describing a socialist system after everything else I have written here is beyond me. Can't say I'm really surprised though...

We're in the mid stages of buying a home. Our rate is 3.75% with enough credits to cover all closing costs. (Seller chipped in some). There are zero fees being rolled in to my loan and my total out of pocket at close is my down payment. Its really amazing when you think about how cheap money is right now. Rates as low as 3.25% for a 30 year were availabe but the credits were gone. The numbers played out best at 3.75% for us.

The problem is I don't know if there really is a solution. Part of me would love to go back to where I am from and lift them all up out of the black hole they're in. The other part of me knows for the majority of them it'll never happen no matter what kind of effort is put in to it. I agree that education can be a door for some of these kids. I disagree the current system is the answer. We need things that interest children and teens. We need trades based education that builds upon skills they have learned from their family and friends. Above all else, we need an education system that t

You should update that to say the paying consumers...

A couple years back we looked into fostering. I heard several stories like the above after talking to other parents. Some were worse others were not. You have to be a strong and very "understanding" person to foster.

That is because they choose too... If the poor could learn one thing that would change their lives forever, it would be that.

I’m in my mid 30’s. When I grew up I used to think a good job was making a salary in the mid 30’s… Back then I thought the world was out to get me and those that made it were either lucky or had it gifted to them. I worked hard and those around me worked hard so how was it others succeeded but not us? I have little doubt I’d still be living in that world if I would not have left. For most, if not all, your environment directs you down certain paths. How can you learn to be something else if you don’t know it exists? How can you pull yourself up if you don’t know where you are? Leav

Maybe sports and physical activity should be left in school. What other subjects actually save lives??

Yes. This isn't the movies. When you shoot at someone you are aiming to kill them. You don't practice shooting legs and arms. You aim center mass with the goal of taking out an important organ. I was trained to put the first in the head and then two to the chest. I have never seen or heard of a self-defense course that teaches to incapacitate an attacker with a bullet before trying to kill...

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What would you do if you walked up on someone who appeared suspicious around your children and that person knocked you down, climbed on top of you, punched you in the face several times, and slammed your head in to the concrete over and over? Next that person reached for any type of weapon you were carrying? By your posts it’d be your fault for walking up on that person because they did nothing wrong. You’d fully accept anything and everything that person did to you because you made yourself a threat to them? Nothing Zimmerman did would justify Martin’s actions. What Martin did just

Has anything he has said been proven false?

I have an older kindle and a kindle fire. The old kindle I didn't use much. For reading books it was awesome but I do little of that. The battery life was insane. It can go months on standby or weeks being used regularly. It can be read anywhere you have light. For anything other than reading books it falls way short. The Kindle fire has been everything I need in a tablet. If I want to do real work, I grab my laptop. For everything else the kindle fits just fine at a price that can’t be beat. I use it for streaming music, surfing in bed, loading work PDF’s, and just about everything

Problem is the skills and work ethic needed to fill many open jobs isn’t being taught. The US has misled the past couple of generations to think a four 4 degree is the minimum needed to open the door to a "decent" job and years of more "education" after that to land it. I find it ironic the picture showing “were hiring” is for a beauty school… Something a traditional multiyear education isn’t needed for. It took the company I work for many months to find and fill positions in my group. We eventually hired someone out of Houston for an Atlanta position because the competition was so h

Very nearsighted view… Who designs the robots? Who builds the robots? Who sells the robots? Who installs the robots? Who manages the install of the robots? Who repairs the robots? Who upgrades the robots? It sounds like you'd argue against the light bulb since it puts the torch makers out of business. Or something a little closer to home.. Argue against the internet because it puts the post office out of business.