winston53660

The peace corp could be an option as well as various other options instead of the military.

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Kal'Stang

Subsidized health care is already a part of the benefits of serving on a national level. Military or government.

I'm curious as to what else you think a person should "serve" in order to recieve benefits.

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UtahBill

Benefits should be earned, or do you think they are rights?

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Kal'Stang

Depends on the particular issue. But your statement/question doesn't answer mine.

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RightinNYC

I understand that many private colleges are expensive, but we're talking about public schools. The average tuition at a public university is $7,020/year.

Michelle Singletary - The Color of Money: Getting a degree without going broke - washingtonpost.com

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winston53660

How much are the expenses? Like books (I had a prof once that sold his book in his class) and food and beer?

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RightinNYC

I usually spent around 4-700 on books each semester. Beyond that, all the other expenses are things that people would incur whether or not they were in school.

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Toothpicvic

When education is so expensive that many students have to take out loans (meaning they can't pay for it on what they earn or received alone), then I find that a problem because it destroys the very incentive to seek higher learning. If a student can actually make an easier living working at McDonald's or waiting tables than they would if they were going to school to earn a degree (which might not even guarantee them a better paying job once they graduate, plus the expenses from the student loans), there isn't a huge amount of incentive to pursue college for many students (unless they have well-off families, huge scholarships, are extremely passionate about a particular subject or career, or are just planning on partying until they drop out).

For that matter, this creates less incentive to even care about high school. Since the main purpose of HS is to prepare students for college, if a student knows or assumes they will not be able to afford college, then where's the motivation to care about studying hard in HS? If all you're expecting is to work a low income job, then as long as you pass HS, even if you're at the bottom of your class, then all that's going to really matter to employers is your diploma or GED - not your grades, extra-circular activities, etc. And even a HS diploma isn't completely necessary just to get an low-income job.

If the govt is really interested in better educating Americans and creating better jobs, then I think the should invest in making public colleges more affordable to the average student. That is my opinion.

RightinNYC

If a person can't comprehend that a 4-year degree will give them more career options than working at McDonalds, then it's not the money that's the problem.



Almost double the salary and half the unemployment rate.

And if that person doesn't have the drive or the desire to put in anything more than minimal effort, then there's not much we as a society can do to help them.

They're already quite affordable.

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UtahBill

This thread is about education....I threw in health care.
What is given is usually esteemed lightly, people should earn their education, that way they will recognize the value of it.

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