Very good read..

[♪alt13]

I think there needs to be a trigger warning - or at least a "spoiler alert" for this

Spoiler

ED advertising

SO ANNOYING!!!!

Do you mean ads for penis pills?

 

[Dr. Jones]

As a student in University, many are more concerned with the growing privatization of University, and the impacts that correspond with receiving funding from industry donors.

I suppose "many" are as you describe, but lmao that most would even understand wtf u just said.

Education, beer, and sex.. In reverse order.

 

[Deleted member 848]

I suppose "many" are as you describe, but lmao that most would even understand wtf u just said.

Education, beer, and sex.. In reverse order.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Dr. Jones again.

"If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library" - Frank Zappa

 

[VINYLONE]

As a student in University, many are more concerned with the growing privatization of University, and the impacts that correspond with receiving funding from industry donors.

Can you be more specific as to what you're saying here? And are you talking about schools here in the US or abroad?

 

[franklin]

As a student in University, many are more concerned with the growing privatization of University, and the impacts that correspond with receiving funding from industry donors.

Is there a single liberal talking point you don't buy into hook, line, and sinker?

I would think a fan of "university" would appreciate the private sector seeking out, promoting, gaining funding for, and filling much needed niches in the modern world such as nurses. We do have a shortage of them as well as IT, the two top private university promotions currently.

It's a funding issue not a political issue about hating EVERYTHING private sector that does a job better than previously. If you want to create new tech colleges that seem to have fallen by the way side then why not focus on that instead of hating on the new companies who have risen to meet a very much needed service in enabling young folks to earn a decent living by performing an advanced skill that we desperately need?

I know the answer to that question...

 

[Hotdog]

I also know the answer to that question.

 

[VINYLONE]

I came across this article recently that reminded me of this thread...

For whatever reason, a lot of OL's viewpoints remind me of the students referenced in this article and that's why I thought he was younger than he really was.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blo...g-student-resilience-serious-problem-colleges

Excerpt:

A year ago I received an invitation from the head of Counseling Services at a major university to join faculty and administrators for discussions about how to deal with the decline in resilience among students. At the first meeting, we learned that emergency calls to Counseling had more than doubled over the past five years. Students are increasingly seeking help for, and apparently having emotional crises over, problems of everyday life. Recent examples mentioned included a student who felt traumatized because her roommate had called her a “bitch” and two students who had sought counseling because they had seen a mouse in their off-campus apartment. The latter two also called the police, who kindly arrived and set a mousetrap for them.