Will Rick Perry Unravel the Strange Consensus on Public Education?
Leftists would rather students (and their parents) run up huge student loan balances that take years to pay back to the government (that government can forgive if you go where they want and do what they want) while they indoctrinate them.
Big UNION education and LIBERAL academic think-tanks are after Gov. Perry’s hide (as are the trial lawyers).
When I was in school 30 years ago, I could either work 20-30 hours a week during the school year or work fulltime in the summer, and pay for most of my education. Nowadays, too many students are relying on loans. I'm amazed that there are so many people who're still paying on student loans years after they graduated school.
Part of it is "The Big College Industrial Complex"- why does anyone need a college degree for certain professions? I'd go so far to say lawyers and engineers could self-study hard enough (in the library and apprenticing to professional engineers and experienced lawyers) to pass the required exams and become excellent in their profession....however, I'll accept that you "need college" for those. What I'm talking about is why anyone needs a Bachelors to be a fireman, policeman, military officer, electician, plumber, etc. that "Big College" is trying to monopolize.
I agree- with Internet technology, improved security devices, etc., someone could get the best education they ever wanted from the finest professors in the world from their own home...either at home with mom and dad, or in an apartment with his/her buddies. Just think, instead of $900-5000/semester hour listening to some '60's Marxist retread indoctrinating your kids in Socialism, you could pay $10/semester hour to go online with some distinguished professor who would have thousands of students online to listen to his lectures. The prof makes the money he deserves, college costs are cheaper, and students are more educated.
This is how you take down the leftist educational institutions in this country. They could have had $10K bachelor’s degree a long time ago but government has been involved with the loan program so market forces have not been able to take hold.
I hope it happens but it will be tough.
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