Why do libs make such a big deal about formal education?

Roni Kurz: I am a conservative Libertarian. There are serious reasons why you should attend college if at all possible.Why Go to College?It is a very important question that has different answers for different people. The three main reasons for attending college are increased pay, higher education, and the college experience. Some students will go to college for one, two, or all of these reasons. It really depends on the individual. First is higher pay. Studies have shown that a person with a college degree will make about 80 percent more than a person with just a high school degree. That is almost twice as much. For example, the average high school graduate without any college education makes around $37,000. The average college graduate makes around $66,000. Of course, this is just the average. Some graduates will make less, and others will make much more. There is no guarantee that a college graduate will obtain a high-paying job. On the other hand, nothing says that a ! person with only a high school degree cannot make a very good living and be satisfied with his or her career. Odds are, however, if you want to make more money at your future job, going to college is the practical choice. The next reason is the reason that most students will go to college. This reason is to attend a place of higher learning. For students wanting to further their education, college is the next logical step. Many students will have a certain career in mind, and they need to go to school to get the education they need for that career. Other students do not know what they want to do with their life, but they are pretty sure they will find the answer in college. Taking a variety of classes at the college level can help a person decide on an avenue that they want to pursue. Finally, there is the college experience. The college experience is a unique one that allows the individual to grow as a person. You are placed into a world that is much bigger than one you ha! ve previously experienced. You meet new people from various ba! ckgrounds and learn more about yourself as well. College is a place that you can redefine yourself. You have a chance to pursue your own interests and learn about the interests of others. These are just a few of the reasons that students choose to go to college. There are many others. The point is that attending college will open many doors for you. It is up to you to decide if the process is worth the effort. In most cases, it will be....Show more

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Elden Bardach: I'm a Independent Conservative. There is nothing wrong with public schools other than what you pointed out about pushing too much Liberalism. We live in a "modern society" and that means paying taxes for a social program that the "majority" can benefit from is accepted. Your kids may go to a private school but that doesn't give you the right to opt out of taxes cause your not using a public school. You use other social benefits such as fire, police, etc.As for Liberalism.... Liberalism! can be a good thing ONLY when kept in balance with a touch of Conservatism....Show more

Gwenda Micheals: Aim low.A formal education in the US typically means that ones standard of living improves. On average, an American with a college or university degree can expect to earn about $70,000. With the increase in income comes an far better quality of life. Those who earn $70,000 and higher and without a formal education are the exception, not the rule.You can advocate for low education and no education, but I like the perks of having a formal education. I prefer a higher quality of life....Show more

Silvia Stclair: Well #5 would have saved California from Governor Schwarzenegger.

Lenard Ginyard: A few of my favorites, wonder if the liberal loons would stand up and applaud theseThe Mexican constitution singles out “undesirable aliens.” Article 11 guarantees federal protection against “undesirable aliens resident in the country.”The Mexican constituti! on provides the right of private individuals to make citizen’s arrest! s. Article 16 states, “in cases of flagrante delicto, any person may arrest the offender and his accomplices, turning them over without delay to the nearest authorities.” Therefore, the Mexican constitution appears to grant Mexican citizens the right to arrest illegal aliens and hand them over to police for prosecution.The Mexican constitution states that foreigners may be expelled for any reason and without due process. According to Article 33, “the Federal Executive shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner whose remaining he may deem inexpedient to abandon the national territory immediately and without the necessity of previous legal action.”

Maye Delk: America has no official language so whatever.Discouraging bilingualism is ignorance.What about the McDonald's food you eat? The waiters that serve you? The cooks that make your food when you go out? The people that clean the toilets that you put your butt on at your job? Do you have to be a ! professional to do those jobs?I agree about the running for office part.Never read the Mexican immigration laws, so how can I be sure that you're telling the truth? Why don't you include a link to Mexico's immigration laws?

Arnulfo Seegars: And you would have the mexicans rioting here, like el negr os did during during the watts riots.

Sunshine Holets: Are you serious? I mean, do you really want an answer, or are you trying to convince someone that you are right? School is for people who want to learn. If you don't want to learn then you have a closed mind. Nothing can enter a closed mind, not even God Himself. School teaches us how to think for ourselves, rather than to act like parrots and merely repeat what has been said to us over and over and over again. In school, we learn how to criticize and analyze. We learn how to take things apart and put them back together again. We learn how to find flaws in judgment, and how to think logically. We ought t! o have learned in school how to teach ourselves. We should know where ! to go to find information, how to sift through information, prioritize information, and apply that information to our condition. Schools are meant to make our lives better. Schools are meant for those who want a better life. Money should never be an obstacle to a child attending school. Do you know the meaning of conservative and liberal? or are those words merely labels that you use to pat one group on the back and put another group under your feet? God does not want you to be ignorant (it says so right there in the Bible). That is why He said, "Study." I will bet that you count God as a conservative? I would also bet that you see Jesus with blonde hair? The goal of an education is that you put what you learn into practice, that you use your newfound understanding to make your life better. And, if you are a truly good person, maybe you will make other people's lives better. Why are you against that? And as far as paying taxes, if I were you, I would be highly u! pset about how corporations rarely pay any taxes at all, on the contrary there are more corporations on the welfare rolls than ever. Who should pay taxes, middle class wage earners, like you and me, or corporations? I say make corporations pay their fair share so that we wage earners can get a break. Now, what idea is more liberal than revolting against tyranny? What idea is more progressive than wanting to invent something that will forever change the world? What is more liberal than the Arts? The examples you use are of liberal heroes, not conservative ones. Illiterate means you cannot read or write. Ignorant means you don't have information. Stupid means you just dont want to know anything. What is so virtuous about loving guns and hating education? Does it surprise you that there are many liberals who believe in God and the Holy Bible? We are only losers, dropouts, and trailer trash if we stop moving forward. That is why there are schools. That is why the ! government ought to make education available to every child -- so that ! we can move forward, so we can make our situation better, so we can make our country a better place and stronger. I just dont get why you are so anti-education and against progress. Don't you know that Jesus Christ sided with the poor, the broken, the sinner, the outcast? Jesus was not one of the Fat Cats. He came to make things right, but the Establishment would have none of it. Jesus is for change. He is going to change management over the earth soon. Don't you want to be on the winning side? You need to stop listening to propaganda and do a little reading of that Bible you been thumpin'....Show more

Stevie Goldey: dangerous... if you don't have any real experience it would likely show quickly...and there is a possibility that you could run across someone who used to work there and that would be bad news...

Dewey Heersink: You are a perfect example of why education is needed.Thomas Edison among many other things he did, was smart enough to hire a labor! atory full of people to work on his ideas.The idea that Edison was in his garage churning out inventions from his fevered brow is a myth.Education would have told you that.Washington was an educated man. Farmer, General, President. He read widely and had a library in his home at a time when most families owned maybe 1 book (The Bible) for everybody.Shakespeare, whom we so often quote today, wrote in the language of his time.Not some haughty language incomprehensible to his audience. Besides,how much of his work was really written by Frances Bacon ?( any ? take a class and find out)Bill Gates never finished college, true.Stephen Hawkings did.So did Issac Newton and Albert Einstein, How about Dr's Salk and Charles R Drew ?Robert Oppenheimer and Neil Degrasse Tyson both went to college.Why is it for generations education was seen as a positive force in society and now there is agrowing backlash against it ?Because leading right wing talking heads Glen Beck and Hannity are both! drop outs ?Whats Rush's background ? or Sarah Palins ?...Show more

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Inge Mclaurine: Thats not true. If so they're not enforced. If you've ever been to Mexico, you'd know THERE ARE white communities that speak mostly english. They love foreigners.

Maritza Ebanks: 1. If you migrate to this county, you must speak the native language2. You have to be a professional or an investor. No unskilled workers allowed.3. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools, no special ballots for elections, all government business will be conducted in our language.4. Foreigners will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here.5 Foreigners will NEVER be able to hold political office.6. Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs.7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.8. If foreigners do come and want to buy land that will be okay, BUT options will be restricted. Y! ou are not allowed waterfront property. That is reserved for citizens naturally born into this country.9. Foreigners may not protest; no demonstrations, no waving a foreign flag, no political organizing, no badmouthing our president or his policies, if you do you will be sent home.10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be hunted down and sent straight to jail.PSST - these are the MEXICAN immigration laws....

Herma Ellebrecht: They never actually worked at the company? Since the company is closed and there is no one to call to see if a candidate actually worked there as a salesman or a financial manager, are they safe if they place this on a resume in order to apply for a higher paying job since they earned a master degree anyhow? Thank You So Much:)

Georgianna Zollo: Do you ever find those around you walking away when you talk?

Isreal Kochheiser: That's funny .....ha,ha,ha, what side would NATO take in Wisconsin ?Wisconsin is a state one of! 50 in a sovereign nation The USA NATO has no business nor does the UN ! for that matter interfering in the affairs of a sovereign nation.

Mitchell Pickens: I'd say all but numbers 4, 5, 8 and 9 are alright. (Main reason I'm against 4 and 5 are if I were to become a citizen of this country.)

Tricia Dossous: Yeah I'm a total riot- and Libya was sovereign too- when Italy decided to take itthe last time- I'm still a HOOT- but what about the question?

Renita Sefton: I think we ought to adopt them and apply them

Cherlyn Tefera: Edison, washington, franklin..etc were all highly gifted people. They are exceptions to the majority of humanity. Unfortunately for the majority of people, they were not born gifted, therefore education is essential. You can't compare those people to others, it's like comparing an ape to a termite.

Jerrod Guilfoil: The 14th amendment was was about the rights of former slaves (and punishing the people involved in the Civil War). It has nothing to do with the "rights" of people who are in the count! ry illegally. Some American, mostly liberals, may believe that the rights granted under the Constitution should be applied to all people but that was never the intent of the founding fathers. Some people also believe that constitutional rights should be applied to non-citizen terrorists who are captured outside the US but the Constitution is supposed to apply only to citizens. The main constitutional argument against this law is that it may lead to people being profiled based solely on their appearance, however in the Arizona law it basically says that the person has to already be suspected of some illegal activity before they can be asked to prove that they are here legally. In short, illegal aliens do not have constitutional rights and no rights are being violated to begin with.

Nelly Kikuchi: Because it's all they've got.Sure, someone with a Ph.D. in Anthropological Demographics can count the number of people who lived in Pompeii at one time, but can he drive a fri! ggin' nail when the shed in his back yard comes apart? No. He has to ! call a handyman who is some kind of right-winger with no education for that....Show more

Ayesha Genova: The same reason Lib's make it a point to employ Trolls disguised as Conservatives, they are scheming rats that have no consciences.

Julienne Poplawski: Because a formal education herds the supple little children into your own private petting zoo.

Anibal Scheid: One would hope they would be for the over throw of the Walker regime .

Jefferson Sarson: No side. This is an American (technically even only Wisconsinite) issue. NATO has no say in it.

Pasty Cobbett: shakesbeer? Seriously?(Must resist, it's just too easy, must resist, it's just too easy......)

Coralie Goldsberry: No side. It is none of their business.DTG

Corrina Faro: Wouldn't a better question be: Why do libs think that an artsy, ethnic studies, basket weaving degree means that they have earned something?

Shaunta Paap: Formal education teaches a person to learn the ! difference between emotions and reality.Conservatives never learned to think ratrionally. That's why they worship at the altars of Faux Noise and AM Hate Radio.

Doreatha Kjellsen: 1. First, we need to make sure every American knows proper English. No more of this "c00l sp3ak."2. Every professional first starts out as unskilled. I think in order for someone to become a professional they should become a student (or trainee depending on the job) and work their way up.3. Bilingual programs for schools are not bad things. There's a difference between taking a Spanish class, and having a spanish only club.4. If they are a legal citizen here, then they have the right to vote. We are are decedents of foreigners.5. That's BS. Like I said earlier, everyone in our nation has foreign ancestry. As long as they speak English and properly hold their position, then it doesn't matter to me. Now, the president on the other hand, I do prefer to be natural born.6. The majority of people ! on these programs are either white or black Americans in conservative s! tates. These are also rights you want to take away that are guaranteed to every American. Why should they have to pay the price for not being born a spoiled rich American like yourself?7. If they can't vote, why would they even want to invest?8. Again, more BS and ignorance. People who immigrate to this country do so for the same reasons the pilgrims did. For a better life. And denying them that right is nothing short of hypocrisy.9. First amendment, you cannot abolish it. "no badmouthing our president or his " Does that mean no tea parties? You conservatives bad mouth the president more than anyone.10. You should be sent to jail, but only in the country you are legal in.

Donte Liversedge: I just love how the media fails to focus on Mexico's harsh immigration policy. What the hell do we even have a media for if they don't even do their job? All they do is promote their leftist agenda ad nauseam. All the more reason I don't pay attention to those idiots that pretend to! be objective journalists. Just look how they are going after Rand Paul like rabid dogs twisting everything about him and what he says in a pathetic attempt to discredit and marginalize him.Anyway, I digress. More light needs to be shed on Mexico's policies, then maybe that hypocrite Caulderon will shut up, along with much of the ignorant opposition to AZ's law.

Adrian Paraz: After reading your post, it's obvious you're not an expert on formal educations.