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Stop donating to your university: There's just no point. In fact, it's almost always counterproductive
American Thinker ^ | 07/30/2023 | Matthew G. Andersson

Posted on 07/30/2023 1:02:45 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: Paladin2

Take out as much student loans as possible. They will eventually be forgiven. This is a near certainty.


21 posted on 07/30/2023 2:51:01 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy ( )
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A guy I know works as industry liaison for a trade school that teaches repair of farm, construction and mining vehicles.

They partner with John Deere, Caterpillar, Kubota, etc.

Most of their graduates start over $100k a year.

College is not necessary the way it is currently arranged; the non-STEM classes I took were just fluff.


22 posted on 07/30/2023 2:57:27 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: SeekAndFind

I guess if you go to a big impersonal university, thatis good advice. If you went to an institution type of university, you know the funds are being well invested.

Everyone has a story.


23 posted on 07/30/2023 3:00:17 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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I think there are are now many on-line courses where a motivated learner can become a master of knowledge in many topics.

Of course some practical experience in applying that knowledge is necessary to fully master any area.


24 posted on 07/30/2023 3:08:40 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: SeekAndFind

Hi.

Stopped donating to VCU in 1998.

For a number of reasons.

5.56mm


25 posted on 07/30/2023 3:12:33 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: packagingguy

If you like fixing things, going to a trade school to be a mechanic could lead a very satisfying career. I have a friend who was a total motorhead in high school. Went to tech school, then got involved with BMW. Haven’t talked with him in a decade, but last we did talk, he was really happy. Had a race car, and a project or two in addition to a couple top of the line Bimmers. Never wanted to be ‘in charge’, as he saw the attendant stress. Did a lot of traveling around the U.S. (not for everyone, admittedly) solving problems local dealers couldn’t figure out. He was very, very well compensated, and enjoyed his work immensely.


26 posted on 07/30/2023 3:15:18 PM PDT by drwoof
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes. No K-12 school and no college should receive government money, since every K-12 school and college focuses on administration and ignores students. Proof: academic scores in America are lower today than 30 years ago.


27 posted on 07/30/2023 3:44:18 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Unfortunately, most college donations are ego driven to show off how well you have done.


28 posted on 07/30/2023 3:47:50 PM PDT by Neverlift
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To: SeekAndFind

You’d have to be a total idiot to donate money to your alma mater, or any university. Are you thanking them for raping you in tuition for learning a subject that in many cases could have been learned independently on the internet? Oh, but they are the “gate-keepers” to that piece of paper that allows you to apply for jobs.

The communist universities are the center of the forces who have worked tirelessly to destroy America for the last century+.


29 posted on 07/30/2023 4:40:30 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah I haven’t been motivated to donate to my university which is probably less woke than many. I’ve watched their spending and am not impressed.


30 posted on 07/30/2023 4:54:09 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: SeekAndFind

You PAID for the ‘service’. End.


31 posted on 07/30/2023 4:57:15 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: SeekAndFind

I will continue supporting Hillsdale College.


32 posted on 07/30/2023 6:11:25 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: SeekAndFind

We only donate to local charities, places we either have direct involvement or have personally visited and can be assured are fulfilling their stated mission with little/no overhead. There are many worthwhile options that fit this description.


33 posted on 07/30/2023 6:15:08 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: SeekAndFind

I worked my way through 6 years of college, and I don’t remember the university “helping me out” ... they certainly made it clear I either paid or I had to leave campus. I’m supposed to feel some “loyalty” to such an organization? I haven’t given them a nickel since the day I graduated (and I missed graduation because I had to get to my new job early and start paying off my student loan). WHICH I DID. I got my degree and I paid for every penny of it, I owe the university NOTHING!


34 posted on 07/30/2023 6:40:44 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (Accepting a false premise confirms defeat. Transgender? (No such thing, next subject))
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To: SeekAndFind

Universities use sports in order to lure donations.


35 posted on 07/30/2023 6:48:30 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

I got my degree and I paid for every penny of it,
I owe the university NOTHING!

**********

So did I. I owed them nothing when I walked accross
the stage and was given my diploma.


36 posted on 07/30/2023 6:59:11 PM PDT by deport
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To: SeekAndFind

Any Christian conservative who donates any money to a college (with rare exceptions such as Hillsdale) is basically paying for the hitman hired to kill him or her.

I would love to see conservatives of means buy up the failing colleges around the country and turn them into more Hillsdales, to give conservative kids a place to learn. Donate to those places instead.

I’ve never given a dime to my alma mater (uber woke Pitt) beyond what I paid to go to school there. Somehow their alumni association keeps finding me when I move, but I block the emails, texts and phone calls and trash the letters.


37 posted on 07/30/2023 8:19:29 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: Polyxene

Tell them when they call. Let the phone canvaser know why you won’t support them. Be kind,but forceful. Word gets around. At least the phone caller might start thinking.


38 posted on 07/30/2023 10:29:49 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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