You seem to be a literate person and you profess to know a lot about education. My question related to those aspects.
False premise, as I never said that. I simply pointed out colleges are bastions of anti-Americanism and have a flawed and deeply anachronistic tenure track system that needs scrapping in favor of merit-based employment. So, let's wipe that off the table immediately since it never occurred.
Here goes:
My 'kids' are adults who can make their own decisions about higher education. My son achieved his BA in his 40's and the other is just now starting college after being a stay at home wife and mother for the last 21 years.
So what? Would you like to me to send Publisher's Clearing House to their front doors and give them a huge check for this rare achievement?
There are mentally unhinged folks everywhere, not just at university. Has anyone done a poll tallying republican and democrat educators? Students are not held hostage. Higher education and where to get it is a choice.
And there's people who drive cars in Sierra Leone, but a gallon of gas is about $45 there. See what I did? I mentioned something irrelevant and tried to tie it into this conversation like you did.
Some salaries in higher education are inflated and when these overpaid employees retire their pensions can bankrupt PERS. Robert Bellotti [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Bellotti] a U of O football coach has the 3rd highest annual Oregon PERS benefit @ $559,000.
Coaches in college develop players to be the athletes of the national leagues of tomorrow. What does a liberal sociology teacher endow his or students with? Life skills on how to survive in a mouse-clicking, sit-down job in an office?
Sorry about the lecturing. I am aware that I sometimes come off that way....my lame excuse is my advanced age. Although, I readily admit I still have much to learn. My job with a school district in buildings and maintenance as a supervisor was my second career for 30 years.
That's okay. I don't blame you for being old or repetitive. I just feel the world would be a better place if you didn't exist.
