Do You Feel College Students Are More or Less Independent Than a Generation Ago?
GMR
2012/05/09 17:23:11
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It's about that time of year, when high school graduates prepare for the next phase in their lives: College. For many students, it's an uncertain and unpredictable stage. They're starting over in a big way, but know it will be more uplifting and exciting than the transition into high school. College is that ephemeral life-limbo where Facebook started, where "Animal House" took place, and where you (supposedly) decide what to do for the rest of your life.
Whether you're going into college, went to college "back in the day," or are hoping to go at some point in the future, take our 6-question Quick Poll when you get the chance and let us know what your experience was like, or how you expect it to play out.
Whether you're going into college, went to college "back in the day," or are hoping to go at some point in the future, take our 6-question Quick Poll when you get the chance and let us know what your experience was like, or how you expect it to play out.
Top Opinion
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cinbadl 2012/05/09 17:37:08Less






















The real question American students should ask is Why should a 22 yr old college student be forced to pay back 30,000 in student loans but a 22 yr old welfare mom does not have to work or pay a dime back they get housing food and money all for free. American student need to ask America Why are we punishing those who do right. higher taxes having to pay back loans but a welfare parent can keep having babies and dont have to pay a dime.
While being in college and working thru as well he is out of the house 60-80 hours a week.
Earning minimum wage, he cannot afford to live on his own as yet. He gets fed, he gets a roof over his head, he hasnt got a car and doesnt drink. Hes my son and I will NOT see him on the streets while he furthers his education. Screw anyone who thinks he should do otherwise
once the generations develop once the independence increases
Just sayin'....
Academic Institutions are not there to educate, they are not there to foster learning.
What would a true learning environment be?
A center where one could bring their idea out there, and put their idea to the test, if the idea is a success great, if it's a flop, than he's learned something! Or maybe aspects of the idea are great, and would be good combined with aspects of other ideas.
In a learning center, a true learning center, people would not be afraid of the learning process, there would be no tests, no degrees, no pass fail, people would look forward to participating, people would honor the learning process because the learning process is how one evolves, expands, and moves ahead.
In a learning center money would not be in the equation, however money would not be in the equation in all other aspects of life either, in fact none of the other 3 institutions would exist, and the mechanics of exchange would not exist in a sustainable world.
Academic Institutions are there to maintain the status quo, and they do that the same way as religions. The only difference is, religions teach ...
Academic Institutions are not there to educate, they are not there to foster learning.
What would a true learning environment be?
A center where one could bring their idea out there, and put their idea to the test, if the idea is a success great, if it's a flop, than he's learned something! Or maybe aspects of the idea are great, and would be good combined with aspects of other ideas.
In a learning center, a true learning center, people would not be afraid of the learning process, there would be no tests, no degrees, no pass fail, people would look forward to participating, people would honor the learning process because the learning process is how one evolves, expands, and moves ahead.
In a learning center money would not be in the equation, however money would not be in the equation in all other aspects of life either, in fact none of the other 3 institutions would exist, and the mechanics of exchange would not exist in a sustainable world.
Academic Institutions are there to maintain the status quo, and they do that the same way as religions. The only difference is, religions teach you to believe in a deity, and to submit to a ruler! academic institutions teach you to believe in governments, and corporations and to submit to your rulers, and those being governments and corporations, business men, bankers, attorneys, judges, police, clergy, the parasite class that benefits nobody except themselves, that contribute NOTHING to civilization while reaping all of the benefits of people who DO contribute productive labor, invention, ideas, art, to civilization!
Academic institutions don't teach for example about things like Aeroponic Agriculture which would PUT AN END TO THE DAYS OF PAYING FOR FOOD, because that would put food producing corporations OUT of business! Academic Institutions will not teach you about sustainable ways of making thing like computers, vehicles, and other things we rely on, producing them in a way to have better longevity, more reliable, and upgradable, because that would put a stop to the mechanics of exchange.
Academic Institutions are there to indoctrinate people into the mechanics of exchange, and to make sure you don't know or even inquire about other ways of living.
The only classes in academic institutions worth taking are ANTHROPOLOGY classes, and if you're studying in an academic institution I strongly recommend taking an ANTHROPOLOGY as a general, or elective, that's the only type of class in an academic institutions because in an anthropology you'll learn about all the various kinds of economic system that humans have lived under, and you'll learn the one that has stood the test of time is the egalitarian system. What I advocate for is A TECHNOLOGICAL egalitarian economy.
However, you do not need to go to an academic institutions to study anthropology, or anything else! All you need in the modern era of time is THE INTERNET!
By the way, I am not singling out adult academic institutions, All academic institutions, elementary, high, university, BOTH BOTH BOTH BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE are leachers just like the business men, politicians, bankers, judges, attorneys, and all other parasitic occupations they teach, and support!
Which brings me to my last point, in the economic system I advocate for, Learning Centers would not have courses, course programs in legal, business, or 90% of any of the trash academic institutions teach because THOSE OCCUPATIONS WOULD NOT EXIST!
I think more and more, students are not as independent... They rely even more on their parents for paying for their education, buying them a car, etc, etc, etc.... I see it all the time... young kids on campus driving Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, etc... No, not all, but a lot... and you can't tell me that the kids bought these cars themselves.... or at least most of them...