Big changes coming my way.

[AudioDoctor]

Tuition alone, $173,904

 

 

[Ralf11]

several factors have affected the costs of tuition...

 

for public univ.s the taxpayers are not interested in subsidizing education much anymore - not surprising as they don't have college age kids like they did in the baby boomers go to college era

 

for all univ.s there are a huge number of people who do nothing to advance the mission of the univ. (to bring in grant dollars)

and the secondary mission: teaching

 

and then there's MQA

[AudioDoctor]

People seem to have turned against the liberal elitist indoctrination centers...

[diecaster]

1 hour ago, AudioDoctor said:

People seem to have turned against the liberal elitist indoctrination centers...

 

UCLA was a liberal indoctrination center when I worked there 30 years ago. At least then, you could have an opposing view without being ostracized from the campus community. That's not possible now. It's sad....

[rando]

17 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Phenom 300E

 

In my haste I left off the part saying now that we've covered the unborn fetus.  Let's talk about your baby.  

 

Sounds exciting and dull all at once.  Not much hijinks to be had in US airspace these days even if that baby could smoothly be put through stomach turning maneuvers.  

[new_media]

Congratulations!

 

I hear the Cayenne Turbo makes a nice family car.

[new_media]

22 hours ago, Ralf11 said:

She is now about 35 and working at a wildlife rescue center in California.

 

But she never has to deal with insurance pre-authorizations or patient satisfaction scores.

[bluesman]

19 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

Everyone in my family, except me who went to a Public school, went to a private college. And they were good ones too. I am well aware what they cost.  I don't know how much it will cost at some point in the future, or when we will be talking about it, but I am sure it will be money well spent when the time comes.

 

ha.

 

My wife and I have discussed this ad nauseum, and we agree on a fundamental point: a college education is well worth it for those who can and will take advantage of the opportunity.  But there's a huge difference between being exposed to an education and actually getting one.  We know far too many people who graduated from college after expending no more interest or effort than was needed to meet the requirements to do so - and they left with little evidence of the experience beyond a diploma. 

 

If your child has at least average intelligence, a modicum of intellectual curiosity, and a desire to know more today than he or she did yesterday, the cost of a college education is well worth it.  The college of choice matters more to some than others, and a lot of people have become literate, engaging, and successful adults at state & local schools as well as places in the lower reaches of published rankings.  Sadly, a lot of people who went to college to fulfill others' desires or because they thought it was the only way to succeed would have been better off pursuing a different kind of education and career.

 

So my wife and I also agree that college is not right for everybody.  We know some very well educated and delightful people who are craftspeople, house painters, electricians, chefs, etc.  We have friends who make furniture, who own and operate restaurants that are (deservedly) highly rated and well known, who design and build wind farm generators, who grow grapes in their backyards and make them into wines on the list at Chicago's Four Seasons, etc - and none had a traditional college education.  They all possess rich funds of knowledge because they searched, watched, listened, asked, and absorbed from every source they could tap....and they still do. They learned languages from traveling, history from reading, music from concert-going, etc. They'e happy, productive, and well adjusted adults - and that's what we wanted for our kids. We wish everyone could achieve that - the world would be a much nicer place!

[AudioDoctor]

3 hours ago, rando said:

 

In my haste I left off the part saying now that we've covered the unborn fetus.  Let's talk about your baby.  

 

Sounds exciting and dull all at once.  Not much hijinks to be had in US airspace these days even if that baby could smoothly be put through stomach turning maneuvers.  

 

The operating manual specifically prohibits any aerobatics maneuvers...

[AudioDoctor]

1 hour ago, new_media said:

Congratulations!

 

I hear the Cayenne Turbo makes a nice family car.

 

Thanks!

 

But the Cayenne is ugly.  

[Ralf11]

I agree that a college education is well worth it for those who can and will take advantage of the opportunity.   And the advantage need not be monetary or earnings/lifetime, etc.

 

IF affordable, there is a lot of value in learning about great works of literature or sculpture.

 

What is sad - and I see it all around me - is that many young people cannot attend college but want to and would benefit from it.  Instead, they are stuck working at min. wage in food service jobs, or worse.

[bluesman]

35 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Thanks!

 

But the Cayenne is ugly.  

 

But you can't see it while you're driving it  

[AudioDoctor]

13 minutes ago, bluesman said:

 

But you can't see it while you're driving it  

 

While that is true, I think I'll stick with the truck I have and its significantly more room inside for kids and stuff like sails...

[TubeLover]

Congratulations Jason! I've no doubt whatsoever that you have everything necessary to be a fine father. 

 

JC

[AudioDoctor]

On 2/8/2019 at 12:43 AM, TubeLover said:

Congratulations Jason! I've no doubt whatsoever that you have everything necessary to be a fine father. 

 

JC

 

Thanks!