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<blockquote data-quote="soonersfan" data-source="post: 1631570" data-attributes="member: 9063"><p>Wow, perhaps reading comprehension should be emphasized more in college. Somehow an argument that a degree is now overrated and that the importance of it is over emphasized was turned into advocating limited access to education. So you can buy a liberal arts degree for $16,000 in Oklahoma. You are not necessarily a failure without the degree and with a little ambition and a good idea, you might turn your time and money into a whole lot more. </p><p></p><p>You mentioned Facebook, it was started by a college dropout as was Microsoft, Dell and Virgin. Steve Jobs might be considered a "critical thinker" by a few people. I wonder where he developed his "critical thinking" since he dropped out of college after one semester. In fact, the leading "critical thinkers" in technology are learning on the fly in the basements of their parents' houses, not in college. My point was/is that we over emphasize education and prop it up as the only avenue to success in life. That is simply not the case. We should be talking about values like a good work ethic, ingenuity, and the rewards for taking risks (capitalism). These are the values that made our country great and prosperous, not our universities.</p><p></p><p>Our high school seniors are given the proposition of college or bust. So what if they don't want to go to college? Why don't we give them a balanced view of their options in life? As I stated before, I have two degrees and will encourage my kids to go to college. I'm not saying no one should go or that it shouldn't be available to people. I am just tired of constantly hearing about higher education, green jobs, more government spending on higher education and then seeing the misguided expectations of college graduates. Sending everyone to college is not the answer. Hard work, individual responsibility and limited government is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soonersfan, post: 1631570, member: 9063"] Wow, perhaps reading comprehension should be emphasized more in college. Somehow an argument that a degree is now overrated and that the importance of it is over emphasized was turned into advocating limited access to education. So you can buy a liberal arts degree for $16,000 in Oklahoma. You are not necessarily a failure without the degree and with a little ambition and a good idea, you might turn your time and money into a whole lot more. You mentioned Facebook, it was started by a college dropout as was Microsoft, Dell and Virgin. Steve Jobs might be considered a "critical thinker" by a few people. I wonder where he developed his "critical thinking" since he dropped out of college after one semester. In fact, the leading "critical thinkers" in technology are learning on the fly in the basements of their parents' houses, not in college. My point was/is that we over emphasize education and prop it up as the only avenue to success in life. That is simply not the case. We should be talking about values like a good work ethic, ingenuity, and the rewards for taking risks (capitalism). These are the values that made our country great and prosperous, not our universities. Our high school seniors are given the proposition of college or bust. So what if they don't want to go to college? Why don't we give them a balanced view of their options in life? As I stated before, I have two degrees and will encourage my kids to go to college. I'm not saying no one should go or that it shouldn't be available to people. I am just tired of constantly hearing about higher education, green jobs, more government spending on higher education and then seeing the misguided expectations of college graduates. Sending everyone to college is not the answer. Hard work, individual responsibility and limited government is. [/QUOTE]
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