College Has Become Big Business

[TruthBringer]

Unfortunately, at least in my opinion, College and higher level education is no longer about the individual (if it ever was in the first place) and has now officially become big business. It's a sad fact that I do feel I must share. And I am sure I am not the only one who's ever stated this.

The bottom line here folks, is that I have been noticing this trend for awhile now. I get calls all the time from these blood suckers who are obviously addicted to the government teet and who depend on it for their sustenance. I know some way, some how, these colleges are making a profit. And it is the government who is providing it for them. And when I get these calls I get the same thing over and over, yes this is so and so from bla bla bla community or state college calling about our wonderful opportunities for you and your family. Bla bla bla bla bla.

The fact is folks, these colleges could give two shits about you and or I. They just don't give a damn. I would have more respect from these people if they called you on your cell phone and stated, "Yes, this is Bob from Crackpot community college calling, and I really don't like my job very much at all but I am on a serious quota limit per day and if I don't get you to at least pretend you are interested in my education pamphlets, etc., then not only will the college that employs me not get it's usual cash infusion from the United States government but I will be out of a job!" Now that I would respect simply for these people just telling the truth and not trying to pretend to be my best friend. Cuz I know that at the end of the day it's all about the money, both for them and for the college.

These colleges don't care about you taking out massive government loans that they know will most likely put you in debt for decades to come. It has been this way for awhile. As long as the college get their share of your government loan or however it is that the mechanics of the business work then they really don't care what happens to you as an individual. It's all about profit...and how do they get this profit? By using you as the medium between the college and it's government funding. You are the tool by which the college aquires it's cash, in other words, and therefore, you are only valuable up until the day you graduate. After that, all the lies that they peddled for you while you were attending their school become a reality only for you and the college moves onto their next victim. By then you are left in the dust and if you think you can gain the sympathy of the college that convinced you to get into debt than you are completely at a loss because they simply just don't care. Not unless you plan to take more classes...that is.

Of all the good choices I have made in my life, not taking out major goverment loans through a college was one of the best in my opinion. My sister is in debt up to her eyeballs but luckily she was one of the lucky ones who was actually able to land a job while she is actually attending school. For the majority of college students, especially in todays economy, this simply is not the case. In fact, I believe I heard a statistic on the news that said that only 20% of college graduates actually land a successful job immediately after they graduate from college. So what about the other 80%? What happens to them? Or how about the ones who didn't graduate? What happens to them? My guess is that the college they are attending simply doesn't care, and so in their opinion, why should you?

I just don't like what I am seeing in todays higher education system. It has become a business just like any other, which is fueled by the greed behind making a profit, and is no longer in my opinion about taking care of the individual student and insuring that they are successful in their pursuit of the American dream.

College, like just about everything else in America, is all about making a dime off of the American citizens labor. Only with colleges they focus on a person's mind more than they do on the actual physical labor that many other businesses gain profit from. Either way, they have discovered how to turn Human Bodies into cash, and they don't hesitate to do so.

[hoppy]

Colleges are nothing but liberal factories.

[spot]

Why isolate just colleges? The same argument applies identically to high schools, middle schools, infant schools, kindergartens. The answer's simple, if you live in a capitalist system there ought to be no place for any federal or local or city government funding of any educational establishment at all. Socialist states have a non-profit underpinning and obviously make such provision but I can't for the life of me see what excuse there is in the USA.

Unless, of course, there's a net benefit to society in their doing so.

Which is, if you'll pardon the observation, socialism.