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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (133939)	5/30/2012 10:27:01 PM
From: Paul V.	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224704

tonto, Huh? That would be the exception. Which ones charge that much? With *state universities charging $18,000 in annual tuition alone,* I was told by an attorney friend of mine that his daughter's annual tuition this year was $18,000. Additionally, they had the expense of books. Fortunately, his daughter lives at home in Jefferson City, MO. and only has a 30 mile trip one way. St. Louis University I am told is around $25-30 K and Washington U. around $35 - $40 K annually. Question: Who would want to go to college and get a degree in the Arts or teaching which pays so little with the possibility of paying back a potential of $72 - 160 K in student loans for tuition and board? Unless they go into engineering or its equivalent pay jobs who would want to go into education and have to deal with multi kids in the class rooms, especially, if the parents and school districts do not have high expectation in learning. The old expression: We get the quality of products and education that we are willing to pay for. Many high school students would be making a better choice by getting a technical school education or trade. Times have sure change from the time I had a tuition of $600 in the sixties. But, then my beginning salary was $4,500 annually. My problem is the number is the students who drop out of high school and college and have to compete in a global market with potential employees from other countries. I even understand that the armed forces have strict test for entry into the various branches. It appears that we are getting a society of the "Haves vs Have Nots." What happens when there is a larger population of "have nots than haves," a revolution!