College for all - right?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Good read CP. Kind of reminds me of that line from The Incredibles....."Everybody is special Dash"......Dash responds mumbling "another way of saying no one is"

Funny: I just watched that last night and that line really stuck with me this viewing.

Originally Posted by blueerica

...I don't find it sad, but to be one of the most honest pieces I've read in ages.

Well, it depends on what on eis sad about. I am sad for the lack of caring and understanding portrayed by Ms. L as this is a symbol of what many people in our society are. But at the same time, I am quite glad that Professor X chose to take what I believe is the right path. Social Advancement is a horrible concept.

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

The article reminded me of my time at University of Phoenix. <snip> Some students were Ms. L, yet they passed with an A (college for all, an A for all at UoP).

THIS is sad.

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

What is a shame is that with so many people having bachelors degrees, the value of it is so diluted that jobs paying maybe a dollar or two above minimum often require/desire a degree. Ridiculous. So we have a populous who have acquired massive student debt in the hopes of a better paying career that fails to materialize because too many other people have taken the same path.

WTF? It is a SHAME that so many people are educated? That makes no sense to me at all. In fact, I find it quite arrogant!

When a person with a Bachelor's (or higher) degree is only able to make a buck or two above minimum wage, I say that person is doing something wrong. Having the piece of paper is not some magical ticket where the world owes you something, it simply gave the person a better base of knowledge and understanding of how to learn and how to grow. One's education does not end on graduation day: there is a reason it is called a "Commencement": it is the beginning, not the end.