These articles always make me so nervous. I’d like to think my investment as a student will be worth it; not being a student certainly wasn’t working. I’m hoping that enough focus will be put on education to improve that system, but it’s gonna take a loooot of change, and plenty of people don’t even want to talk about it. :/
I tend to agree with most of the article.I figured this out in 1975 after a trial run.Leftist activism was the only thing being taught.Not interested.So I did the 2 year JC route in electronics,Got a electrical lineman apprenticeship,and pretty much average $120k a year.Almost ready to retire now.The issues I see are,kids are told you are too good to get your hands dirty,work,and learn a trade.Universities have become a jobs program first instead of learning institutes.A host of other issues.This is what makes it so costly.
These articles always make me so nervous. I’d like to think my investment as a student will be worth it; not being a student certainly wasn’t working. I’m hoping that enough focus will be put on education to improve that system, but it’s gonna take a loooot of change, and plenty of people don’t even want to talk about it. :/
I suspect that he landed the tenure track position because someone else vacated it, for similar reasons.
I tend to agree with most of the article.I figured this out in 1975 after a trial run.Leftist activism was the only thing being taught.Not interested.So I did the 2 year JC route in electronics,Got a electrical lineman apprenticeship,and pretty much average $120k a year.Almost ready to retire now.The issues I see are,kids are told you are too good to get your hands dirty,work,and learn a trade.Universities have become a jobs program first instead of learning institutes.A host of other issues.This is what makes it so costly.