The short answer: If everyone in the United States were educated, who would be willing to fry our french-fries at McDonald's?
America's corporate realm doesn't just need simpleminded consumers to purchase their wares and services, they need uneducated blue collar workers satisfied with a measly salary, slightly above the poverty level, and content with a pathetic collection of "benefits" that costs them a large chunk of their income.
Well, that's if they can secure a job in the first place, but lets not go there; this diatribe is about education not unemployment.
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry said it best during his debate meltdown. "I would do away with Education, the um, Commerce, and let's see. I can't think of the third one..." What a moron - don't get me started with this intellectual Lilliputian.
The well-to-do in this country would rather not have their son Jonny or Todd compete for higher education with the likes of Jose and Tyrone or Maria and Takweesha.
The affluent 1% of our population isn't interested in footing the bill for public education, their heirs will never see the inside of a public school. Their children are guaranteed attendance in the most elite private schools.
I understand the rich man's dilemma; why would anyone want to pay to educate a social climber that is going to compete with their progeny?
Who would benefit if 99% of the population were just a bunch of un-educated shmoes? Content on spending all our hard earned money on frivolous crap we get at Walmart or Ikea. Spending our every waking hour playing pointless video games, doing whatever people do on Facebook or watching television, where we can be bombarded by advertising so we can buy more shit that we don't need, because we're too stupid to realize there should be more to life than working till you die just to keep your head above water.
One percent-ers would rather you dropout of public school, which is very likely for thousands of minorities every year. According to the Institute of Education Sciences, US dropout rates have been declining since 1980, although Hispanics still dropout in more numbers than Whites and African Americans.
It makes sense, most Hispanics come here with no education in search of jobs. Many of their children are not taught the importance of having an advanced degree. Shit, who can even afford an education these days? Not the 99%.
If you're diligent enough, and work hard enough to get good grades in high school and your lucky enough to get accepted to a good university by the time you get your degree you will have so much college debt that you will be in the hole for years, according to Alliance Bernstein Investments, even decades after graduation.
This is all well and dandy for the 1%, they can afford to send their kids to Harvard or Yale. They sure don't mind you racking up debt getting your education. More than likely you won't get a job in your degree anyway, and you'll have to work in some measly job making barely enough money to pay back your loan and still live just above the poverty level.
If everyone got a good eduction we might change the political demographic map. It seems most college educated white-collar professional are liberals. According to a survey by UCLA, among academia and highly educated intellectuals the numbers show only 18% are conservatives. Scientists, 55% liberals and only 6% Republican.
There's hope. It may be an uphill battle for us in the 99% to get an education, but we don't have a choice.
America's corporate realm doesn't just need simpleminded consumers to purchase their wares and services, they need uneducated blue collar workers satisfied with a measly salary, slightly above the poverty level, and content with a pathetic collection of "benefits" that costs them a large chunk of their income.
Well, that's if they can secure a job in the first place, but lets not go there; this diatribe is about education not unemployment.
The well-to-do in this country would rather not have their son Jonny or Todd compete for higher education with the likes of Jose and Tyrone or Maria and Takweesha.
The affluent 1% of our population isn't interested in footing the bill for public education, their heirs will never see the inside of a public school. Their children are guaranteed attendance in the most elite private schools.
I understand the rich man's dilemma; why would anyone want to pay to educate a social climber that is going to compete with their progeny?
Who would benefit if 99% of the population were just a bunch of un-educated shmoes? Content on spending all our hard earned money on frivolous crap we get at Walmart or Ikea. Spending our every waking hour playing pointless video games, doing whatever people do on Facebook or watching television, where we can be bombarded by advertising so we can buy more shit that we don't need, because we're too stupid to realize there should be more to life than working till you die just to keep your head above water.
One percent-ers would rather you dropout of public school, which is very likely for thousands of minorities every year. According to the Institute of Education Sciences, US dropout rates have been declining since 1980, although Hispanics still dropout in more numbers than Whites and African Americans.
It makes sense, most Hispanics come here with no education in search of jobs. Many of their children are not taught the importance of having an advanced degree. Shit, who can even afford an education these days? Not the 99%.
If you're diligent enough, and work hard enough to get good grades in high school and your lucky enough to get accepted to a good university by the time you get your degree you will have so much college debt that you will be in the hole for years, according to Alliance Bernstein Investments, even decades after graduation.
This is all well and dandy for the 1%, they can afford to send their kids to Harvard or Yale. They sure don't mind you racking up debt getting your education. More than likely you won't get a job in your degree anyway, and you'll have to work in some measly job making barely enough money to pay back your loan and still live just above the poverty level.
If everyone got a good eduction we might change the political demographic map. It seems most college educated white-collar professional are liberals. According to a survey by UCLA, among academia and highly educated intellectuals the numbers show only 18% are conservatives. Scientists, 55% liberals and only 6% Republican.
There's hope. It may be an uphill battle for us in the 99% to get an education, but we don't have a choice.
Some great points here. Education is the next "bubble": it has already become true that vanishingly small numbers of college graduates ever earn enough of a differential -- particularly when you take into account debt repayment -- to justify spending the money on a college degree.
ReplyDeleteMost colleges and universities have been forced to become glorified vocational schools, putting their focus on programs that have the appearance of turning out people who are qualified to do the jobs that the 1%-dominated society says it wants filled next. There is no case to be made any more for a liberal arts education even for those who wish to become teachers.
It's a sad, pathetic state of affairs and there are no signs it will improve any time soon without open insurrection.