orogenicman
Darwin was a pastafarian
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And who are you to decide for someone else what is and what is not a useless degree?
Considering Obama is asking ME to pay for it, your question reeks of the typical progressive mantra of "shut up and pay for what I want"
Also, the market is doing a pretty good job right now of showing what degrees are useless. Just find out whatever degree your sSarbucks Barista has.
And you, no doubt, believe that you are the only one in the country who pays taxes. If every degree was meant to find a person employment, you'd have a point. But since that isn't the case, has never been the case, should never be the case... next.
So what is the purpose of providing everyone with a government paid degree? If the government is going to pay for it, better have a fucking payoff, which means a more qualified and proficient member of the workforce.
If you want to study 17th century bumblefuckian literature, do it on your own fucking dime.
What is the purpose of providing ANYONE with an education? I'm still waiting for people like you to tell me what gives you or anyone else the right (regardless of who pays) to determine what degree anyone decides to pursue. You know, we hear so much from the right about government interference in our lives and the benefits of freedom, and then out of the other side of their mouths we get this shit. Why is that?
The purpose of education is to provide you with the tools you need to be a functioning adult. Supporting oneself is the primary factor of this. That you need to be explained this is a measure of your intellectual development.
You can pursue anything you want if you pay for it yourself, either cash or through loans. When you ask the government, i.e. the taxpayers to foot the bill however, there had better be a tangible benefit to it. We ask for military service in return for a government sponsored college education, why should we just give it away, and more importantly why should we just give it away in any topic the person wants?
You could not be more wrong. According to Jonathan Cohen, cofounder and president of the National School Climate Center. "I think that my view, and most people's view, is that the purpose of education is to support children in developing the skills, the knowledge, and the dispositions that will allow them to be responsible, contributing members of their community—their democratically-informed community. Meaning, to be a good friend, to be a good mate, to be able to work, and to contribute to the well-being of the community." Explain to me how the far right can be so anti-government, pro-freedom, and yet demand that such a stipulation as deciding what degrees are available to those who seek government assistance in attaining a college education, and more importantly, what degrees are NOT available. You can't have your cake and eat it too.