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wilburbear

Registered: Oct 2004
Posts: 3038

08-08-12 06:31 PM

Had lunch with a guy this weekend, he said he wishes he just gave his kid $100,000 instead of paying it to some school and the kid still can't find a job - though the kid does know what the European capitols are.

Colleges are even a bigger negative on a relative basis. Now there's this for young people:

http://www.upstart.com/

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fan27

Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 715

08-08-12 06:41 PM

disagree. Go to a state school and get a marketable degree (computer science, accounting, etc.). Well worth the investment.

fan27

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newwurldmn

Registered: Apr 2011
Posts: 2622

08-08-12 06:45 PM

Quote from wilburbear:

Had lunch with a guy this weekend, he said he wishes he just gave his kid $100,000 instead of paying it to some school and the kid still can't find a job - though the kid does know what the European capitols are.

Colleges are even a bigger negative on a relative basis. Now there's this for young people:

http://www.upstart.com/

So he failed as a father for not encouraging the kid to pursue a marketable degree. He should have known better.

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Pekelo

Registered: Aug 2005
Posts: 8938

08-08-12 07:13 PM

Nice over generalization on both sides...

Education is an investment. I would say there are at least 40-50% more kids in colleges than there should be, but it just means, they invested in the wrong way.

And you can get a fairly decent education on the cheap, if you look around...

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dandxg

Registered: Oct 2005
Posts: 4271

08-08-12 07:14 PM

Quote from fan27:

disagree. Go to a state school and get a marketable degree (computer science, accounting, etc.). Well worth the investment.

fan27

Agreed.

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brownsfan019

Registered: Jun 2005
Posts: 2872

08-08-12 07:24 PM

I'm going to guess by the title of this thread the OP did not attend college.

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