My education rant

[Dirty Socialist]

It used to be that the government and other institutions would give out a lot of money for college students. This was changed in the 1980s. One line of thought was people should be self reliant, and not depend on hanouts. Now, not only is there less help, but education is now much more expensive, due in part by technology and spiraling administrative costs. Biden is trying to remedy this with a payout, but I don’t think that’s quite enough. Today, higher education is CRITICAL to our society in terms of helping the economy, technology, health, and even national security. In addition, even the trades have increased much of their training costs. It is imparative that more money to be spent on financial aid, even for the upper middle class. How to pay? More taxes, especially for the rich. Please help the next generation!

[Goonch]

1. 👇👇👇👁️👁️

[RKP5637]

2. Exactly! And some have started to say F it. The initiative for further education

is killed by the state!

[MutantAndProud]

4. Business school grads repackaged it as an alternative investment model

It has a crunchy coating of educational material but now the proprietary formula changes yearly and inflates each semester.

Innovative. Bold. Moderate to severe side effects.

[RKP5637]

3. Well said!!! n/t

[Backseat Driver]

5. I am a bitter Ohio woman on this score!

"It used to be that the government and other institutions would give out a lot of money for college students."

If they did, we sure didn't know it. Our parents were willfully ignorant religious fundies. Dad, who did finish HS, wanted me to take up being a switchboard operator at his place, Ohio Bell. He never worked anywhere else, unless you count the Army! They sent him to Yale for signal corp training, LOL, and he got shipped out to serve in Papua New Guinea. He never used any WWII Veteran benefits, like education, housing, medical, either! Some sort of war grudge? Silent tyrant? His parents were immigrants from Germany/Prussia.

DH's dad touted his long, slow climb up the ladder at a stamping plant from broom-sweeper to floor supervisor. Gee, maybe his mommy-cottled only child would like to do that? Nope, but they did send him to an 18-month corporate IT school before there were community colleges. He is also a vet who failed to take full advantage of his benefits post Viet Nam conflict. Neither of our mothers drove a car, finished HS, or worked a day after they were married. Looking back now, I'd call them all, including DH, "willingly ignorant" and under the thumb of religious zealotry and misogyny.

On this mother's day, I hope I've been a good mother to my 2 girls who both have Ohio 4-year college degrees and good jobs. I went back for as much school as I could afford debt-free and FT work when the youngest began school, though it didn't do much good I'm afraid. I'm now a 70+ year old retired senior citizen; DH, at 75+ years old, must still work a 40-hr job in big box retail just to make ends meet. The rust belt that is Ohio never hired, educated, or paid like silicone valley.

[milestogo]

6. There used to be money for graduate education too.

Not so much any more. You want to be a college professor, go into debt for it.

[SYFROYH]

7. I work in higher ed and its a damn shame how states stopped supporting college students.

Federal Pell grants could be better, too.


I will say that Georgia has the HOPE scholarship and pays for tuition at a public university if you graduate from a Georgia high school with a 3.0 GPA. There is still the expenses of room and board, but its a good system.