America's Most Overrated Product: Higher Education (former Berkeley professor)

University of California, Berkeley, via You Tube ^ | 3/14/11 | Marty Nemko, PhD

[Daisyjane69]

The link I posted is to Part One. This talk, held at the University of California, Berkeley, contains 7 parts. Each part is about 11 minutes or so long, so once the NCAA games are over, and you take a break from your tax preparation, give it a listen. It's not a particularly visual report; you can put it on in the background while doing other things.

[Venturer]

Too many idiot College Professors and courses designed by liberals to teach Communism and Socialism in these schools.

[SMARTY]

Actually, I should not disparage blind and deaf students. In my experience, THEY bust their chops on study.... to the extent they are able. They are fiercely independent and hard working.

These other kids, with all the advantages on earth (compared to blind/deaf, etc.), are lazy and stupid. Depend on it... that blind - deaf kid will be working before the able bodied loser EVER will.

[2nd amendment mama]

I know tradesmen that make more than some doctors and they don’t have $200,000 in student loans to pay back!

[Daisyjane69]

Listen to what he says....he’s NO liberal, despite his Berkeley pedigree.

[chuckee]

Yes, technical degrees in engineering, computer science, science, some business degrees and other technical fields have historically had a value. But undergraduate liberal arts has always been a struggle in the real world of jobs unless the student earns an advanced degree in a technical or professional field.In a severe recession as we are currently experiencing, liberal arts degrees are a luxury a young person cannot afford.The only exception is that sales jobs are still open to liberal arts grads.

[Nat Turner]

This is why if conservatives and people with conservative values want to take the nation back from the brink we will have to wage a LONG MARCH (although thanks to the "One" in the WH we no longer have that much time) and purge the libtards from academia and media...Also it would help if we stop meekly accepting their premises and worldviews

Reagan WAS not lazy, Palin IS not stupid and Barak sure as hell ain't SMART!!!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Palin IS not stupid

If you listen to what she is actually saying, and not media hyperbole or impressions of her by Tina Fey, she is actually one of the smartest women out there.

[T-Bird45]

Thanks for the ping. I’ve listened to 2 of the YT segments but I also like to read to get a sense of the speaker’s basic philosophy. This guy is on the mark! I encourage all on the thread to go read at the link below and see if it wouldn’t address many of our educational challenges.

http://www.martynemko.com/articles/reinventing-high-school-curriculum_id1246

Also, I especially liked his Robert Reichhhhhhh quote and how it exposed the liberals for the manipulators they are.

[bvw]

Thanks — I read over one of his articles on the website with the same title. Big college today is like paying tens of thousands for the assisted suicide of your own beloved children.

[Eagle Eye]

I have a job where a lot of people could and do reach the same conclusions that I do, but since I have an degree and professional certifications, my signature on a document means something where theirs’ doesn’t.

If nothing else, I have value in ratifying decisions and signing documents lol!

[freemama]

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