String 'Em Up by Their Ponytails

American Thinker ^ | 11/15/2013 | Russ Vaughn

[markomalley]

In a recent O'Reilly "Mad as Hell" segment, a student-viewer expressed his anger at being unable to voice his conservative views in the college classroom without fear of reprisal from his liberal professors.

Think about that for a moment. We send our youth to college so that they can lead more productive and lucrative lives, to become contributing citizens who help weave more strength into the fabric of this nation. In that context, every stout thread has value, whether it warps left or right.

And the key word in that sentence is "value," and even more particularly, "future value."

Now consider that in many personal injury lawsuits, a key factor in establishing damages against a defendant is the degree to which his actions have limited the future earnings of the plaintiff. By that measure, very large amounts can be calculated that juries must weigh in the process of redressing the wrong. This is one reason why so many medical malpractice judgments and awards are so large.

Now gather those two truths into one line of thinking: those pursuing college degrees are doing so in order to better their life experience, and the best way to do that is to increase one's earning ability. And since one's college transcript can be a decisive determinant in the hiring process, those who control what ends up in that transcript have a definite influence and impact on any student's career path and earning capacity.

Test case: a former paratrooper who served in Iraq and Afghanistan is pursuing a degree in an American university, and he finds that his world and political views, formed on the basis of his extensive on-the-ground, life-and-death experiences and participation in key world events, are considered unacceptable and unworthy to the gray-ponytailed remnants of Woodstock who reign in the classrooms...

[Rodamala]

The specific example given, of a combat veteran being graded down by some refugee from a gorilla love-in, is largely moot.

The vet learned more about how the world really works in a few weeis of boot camp, than a PhD ever will.

The problem is with the employers’ H.R. depts, which are full of “reverse” racist liberals with meaningless college degrees.

[Ueriah]

College education used to mean something, because not everyone had it. These days, everyone has it, so it no longer has value unless you are recieving occupational training.

[familyop]

"In that context, every stout thread has value, whether it warps left or right...Now gather those two truths into one line of thinking: those pursuing college degrees are doing so in order to better their life experience, and the best way to do that is to increase one's earning ability.

Antithetical to productivity. Services are luxuries granted by production of useful things--not causes of such production.

[familyop]

Little formatting correction here.

"In that context, every stout thread has value, whether it warps left or right...Now gather those two truths into one line of thinking: those pursuing college degrees are doing so in order to better their life experience, and the best way to do that is to increase one's earning ability."

Antithetical to productivity. Services are luxuries granted by production of useful things--not causes of such production.