Scot Rotruck: It's just the way it is.. I'm too used to it cause it's where I grew up. But there are always plenty of scholarships/loans to take out.Education in the US is a meritocracy. You only get through it financially if you're completely serious. If you're not.. then you probably just won't graduate. But that's a good thing. If you're not determined then I don't believe you deserve the benefits of having a degree. If you are committed to succeeding you will make it work and find the money you need from the government etc.. You are mistaken in thinking that education is not subsidized. Most every person that goes to college is eligible for federal low-interest loans. I borrowed 12k, and I only have to pay $140 a month for 10 years. Not bad for a having a good job cause of my education and doubling my income that I had on a high school diploma. There are programs where the governement will forgive these loans if one participates in certain fields of work for so many y! ears. For those in desperate financial need, with the proper documentation, can get federal grants.College is not just for the rich, it is for the intelligent and the determined.The cost is high.. but there are so many options to what college/university you can attend. You can attend somewhere as inexpensive as $1500 a year or $50,000 a semester. It's your choice. Also, I like the idea of health care that has to be paid for. It means that those that are able to pay for it are guaranteed care BEFORE those that cannot.. i.e. illegal aliens. DO NOT start on my case about me being against poor people. I'm not. I was raised relatively poor, but we were not eligible for food stamps. There is a wide spread problem with people especially aliens, abusing food stamps and government assistance. they recieve brand name products when they go grocery shopping while I.. who actually applied myself.. shop on the low end to save money for other things. They come in to buy wedding cakes and! premaid party platters with their food stamps. They're suppos! ed to be buying staples and things they NEED but they just abuse the money I pay to taxes with my hard work. It makes me sick. THOSE are the people that I am talking about that get care AFTER me because I pay my hard earned money instead of someone elses for health care.I do not like the idea that foreigners come to the country and live on my tax dollars and clog up an emergency room with 15 kids that have runny noses due to allergies or something stupid just because they're are so uneducated as to know that if 15 kids have the same running nose with clear discharge that they should just go home.Ok I'll stop ranting..My education would've cost me like $45,000 but I got scholarships and loans (some forgiven) and I only owe like $11,000.. but I got a good job cause of it.The problem with open admissions and free and subsidized education is that the actual value of education is diminished. If everyone is allowed to attend the same program then there is absolutely no competitiv! eness garnered.. it's kind of a waste of time actually. that's what makes college in the US a commodity. Only those that are serious enough to succeed will succeed. It's how everyone should be. If college was free and open, every retard would be in it. that's not how it's supposed to be.And FYI.. at my university my professors were NOT paid 6 figure incomes. The deans were paid maybe under $100,000 and the profs frequently ranted about how they did their job for the love of educating not for the money.One of my lab teachers made about $10 an hour and she had a doctorate degree. I make more than she does just with my high school diploma. And that university was funded by the state as well as privately.Don't start with stereotyping salaries. It depends on the school.NOT TO MENTION MEDICAL DOCTORS ONLY HAVE TO GO FOR FOUR YEARS TO BE A DOCTOR AND SURGEON IN EUROPE. I'm sorry.. but I'd jump off a cliff before someone did surgery on me with only 4 post secondary years of educati! on. That's like committing suicide in itself....Show more
Ulrike ! Hert: A Real American; oops, wrong. I'm British, and have lived in numerous European countries. And most have free or subsidized university education. Er, please define "most foreign students", because that is quite a few hundred million per year. Or could it be that you are actually a typical know-nothing American who talks out of his ar$e?
Adan Stribble: Professors, Deans, school administrators, and university coaches are paid 6 figure salaries, some even million dollar salaries (Mack Brown earns $5.1 million a year)....and people wonder why colleges are cutting programs and raising tuition and fees.Google "top paid college football coaches" "top paid college deans" and "highest paid college employees"...Show more
Barton Sease: If Mexico, derided for a very good reason, is so great. Immigrate there. I will help pay Your travel expenses, If You never come back. But You would come back, would You not.
Alisa Kaleiwahea: Mainly because of shows like Spon! gebob
Kris Bozelle: Its when you consider that America does no longer wish each and every one to visit tuition. If each and every one went to tuition who could opt for up trash? who could paintings at Mc Donalds? who could be stripers? who could do maual exertions?
Lino Cawthorne: Dan; I live in Australia thanks, but I have been to Mexico. It's very nice. PS, you need to learn when to use capital letters in a sentence.
Irma Poiter: AppleLady,Your comments about doctors in Europe are highly ignorant.1. Different European countries have different university systems and different degree lengths.2. In most countries it's acutally 5 years to become a doctor.3. You forget that the level of secondary education in pretty much all of Europe is much higher than that in the USA. In countries like the UK, Ireland, etc., students leaving school at 17 are on average as educated as someone with a four-year basic degree in the United States. A lot of American students goi! ng to college need help READING, for God's sake.Also, there is HUGE com! petition for college places in Europe. Much more, in fact, than in the US, because it's purely academic competition. It doesn't matter whether you're rich or poor. So it's actually over HERE that the intelligent and determined are the people getting in. College courses are much harder to get into over here than in the US.A Real American,The reason that a lot of Europeans who get the opportunity go to America for education is not because American education is of a higher standard, but because ALMOST ANYONE CAN GET IN. In the US, you can get in to do a chemistry degree after doing an ACT in chemistry - which doesn't even require a CALCULATOR! Doesn't that say it all? The people who go to the US for education from Europe are the thick, rich people....Show more
Johnny Sirko: You have never lived in Europe, you would not know.Not to mention, education in Mexico sucks...that is why it is free.You must be a citizen, and have above B's in all classes to get subsidized educati! on in some European countries. It is not free, and is not near as good as the education in the USA.Didn't you ever wonder why most foreign students come to the US if they have the chance? They want a good education....Show more
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