Bootney Lee Farnsworth
Diamond Member
No. But only the smart should go to college. The world needs tradesmen.Like what?
I was an 'Integrated Avionics Instrumentation/Flight Controls System Specialist on the F-16, and there was only one school harder than that in the Air Force and that was Missiles, and those schools are no longer than a couple months. The new Missile and Space Systems Maintenance course in the Air Force is only 70 days, and it's the hardest school there is.
I know of no military training that takes a year in any branch.
Linguists require up to a year or more of training.
U.S. Air Force - Career Detail - Cryptologic Language Analyst
Point is we don’t disagree on the concept just the length. That said, I’d like to see more of the population having some skin in the game too. You want federal aid for college....fine do a 2-4 year stint in the military or some other public service first.
To add insult to injury, some kid goes to college that I end up paying for. He becomes a lawyer. Now when I need legal services, he charges me $500.00 an hour because he's a lawyer thanks to all that tax money I worked for.
Under the new system, you would also have benefited by that same paid education, you would also be charging him to flip his burgers and get his fries. What's your point here, buckie?
The point here is an advanced education is an investment, just like stocks, commodities, CD's, real estate or any other business.
The taxpayers should not be in charge of funding investments for other people. If you want to make that investment, do it with your own money. After all, you're the one that's going to get that money back.
So, only the Rich and Chosen should have those Privileges, right? Most of the rest of the free world disagrees with you and the US slowly slips towards a 3rd world country in education. Make sense to me now that you have splained it to me, Lucy.
Those who can't afford it, can get loans, or Acadamia can lower their fucking prices.
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