Originally Posted by
lessisbest
I don't have enough information at this time to give a good opinion on this current boondoggle, but "FREE" is never free. Higher education has almost become a "right", but what about the "rights" of everyone who has to pay for it. We paid for our higher educations, and the same opportunity to do so is there for everyone who is willing to work for it.
This also brought to mind the WWII generation. The generation that literally built this country with their hearts, hands and minds. Most of them had an 8th grade education, and a much smaller number completed high school and college, and had just come through the Depression and a world war. They had a great work ethic. I just read yesterday that a large percentage of students leave high school and can barely read at a 7th grade level and have few skills --- unless texting with two thumbs is considered a "work skill". At this point, I think the money would be better placed in trade schools. Not everyone needs a higher education, but everyone does need the skills for a job. We've put the emphasis on college for too many years.