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This is our future.  Their mommies told them they're smart and we have to deal with the repercussions of 'educated' idiots making the decisions.
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probably not, schools and universities teach the youth to be pussies and not much else

True.  Not too long ago there were rifle racks in the back of the classrooms and you could hunt small game on your way to class.  Nowadays you bring a gun to school and you get kicked out.  What are the teachers, students doing to the other students that they'd have to be afraid of them having a standard firearm.  Every kid should have the right to defend themselves from other kids and teachers by whatever means necessary in a day and age where they all think they're in the mafia and or gangs.  Only sissies are afraid of a gun.

Not entirely accurate.

More like being a conformist that don't challenge authority.

Excellent summary. Smart asses who think and act independently are more like a burden than an asset for the state in these days.

Money can buy a college degree, but not education.
If you are an idiot, you will just become an idiot with a fancy degree.
People like that are shown their place in the real world very quickly.

Nowadays, there are crazy things like truancy laws and "I was out hunting wabbits" isn't a valid excuse (unless the kid hallucinates, in which case he still needs a doctor's note). Kids today are so rich, they can buy small game on the way home from school. Kids today are so spoiled, one can work only a few hours after class each day and afford to buy his family a home theater at Christmas. Kids today are so lazy, they'd rather type a topic into Google than go ask a librarian where the index cards are, find a stack of books to take home (don't make eye contact with the guy with his hands down his pants don't make eye contact with the guy with his hands down his pants), then, over the course of three days, have the librarian photocopy relevant chapters of the book for the kid to go home and read, then hand-write a barely-legible 10-page pencil stain (but the teacher realizes this and gives kids a month, rather than a week or less, to finish the report). Kids today are so gay... ... alright, they're pretty queer - I blame the transition to highly-pungent, colorful shampoos for men - or maybe the massive reduction of violent crime outside areas with a high concentration of mal-adapted backwoods inbreds (some White, some Black) which makes it perfectly fine to be polite and focus on your actual task rather than judging everyone around you to determine whether or not they're about to slash your face open, take your wallet, and rape your girlfriend, then slit all passerbys' throats and suicide-bomb the post office, and while pieces of his body are blasting out of the post office, his final pre-mortem act is to ejaculate on children playing in the streets. IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A GUN, YOU'D BE FUCKED.

You will do what you are capable to, and if you think buying education means you are smart, get out of the well and try to compete the world and you will know what you are - an Idiot, maybe !?!?  ::)

Students study for the sake of doing test. Practical usage of knowledge doesn't seem to matter anymore.

We have all these smart kids getting all the A who doesn't know shit.

Buying a degree has become quite common today. Feel disgusted to see such people getting jobs instead of those who deserve and who have suffered for years to earn a degree. You can get to know by talking to such people whether they are educated or not.

What I feel is, people should give chance to talent, capabilities and skills of someone rather than just seeing the education of one, as there are few things which capable people can do and educated ones can't. The thing here is, buying education won't be beneficial in the life of one who bought it. That doesn't mean illiterate people can't do anything.

Education is not for preparation, education life itself.

I laugh sometimes when teachers try to teach about financial independence, about business, to make money without using your work force.. Bit they misserably fáil because nobody cant teach something they don't know, teachers are employees and don't know about financial liberty, teachers Are employees and WILL make employees.

I feel that illiterate people already get jobs they are capable of. Some Illiterate people cannot count numbers, cannot program a code, cannot read or write while some illiterate people can do the above in spite of being one.

If companies start employing illiterate people, it would create an inferiority complex in them as they would have to work with other highly literate people.

That's why it's preferred for a person to complete their education as there is no age limit for this and then they can get a job they wish. People who buy education in any case are unable to do anything and there are less chances to get a good job.

You don't really have an education in school these days, you only get instruction which is a completely different thing.
And the "smart" thing is very relative to. For me being smart is doing the best you can with your resources and being able to give something back to the community like that. Either if it is being the next Einstein and changing science, or motivating kids all over the world with your football skills like Ronaldo or Messi.
The problem is that our society is not really supporting real education and smart people, but instead is rewarding pure instruction and compliance with the "norm".

isn't that the truth, mommy told them they were special and could do no wrong and now look at the mess.
Bunch of absorbed self-entitled dumasses who can't think for themselves.

I second that. Though, I have been working with some really highly qualified people with whom I can't even think of standing with as I am just 10+2 and they are all Post Graduates, but still I never felt any complex being between them, it's you and them who create such environment and not the education. ;)

It all has to do with the nutritious cafeteria lunches.

[I spelled every one of those words wrong and had to look them all up. Thank goodness for spellcheckers. We didn't have a cafeteria at my school. I packed my own lunch, often put together by one of my siblings. One of my parents' favorite sandwiches was, brown sugar sandwiches.]

 :D

Saw this on Last Week Tonight and thought it was incredibly relevant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6lyURyVz7k

Kids are forced into learning material for tests as fast as possible instead of actually learning something useful, the real world is rarely multiple choice.

If you are really smart you go to a better school with more prestige. Today many companies and corporations are paying attention to what type of school you had graduated. So if you really want to stand out you need to finish good school and then you can be sure that you will stand out above average

If Mommy and Daddy had taught you reading, writing and 'rithmetic rather than school, you'd be a lot better off.

:)

You would think so. The problem is its nearly impossible to fire people from certain jobs, especially government, so all the fools can just pile in there and circle-jerk.

Education is all about a Business The value of education is diminishing universities just wants to earn money on the name of education and degrees doesnt have that importance nowadays you can just buy it by throwing money and even if you have degree you are not sure whether you will be having high paid jobs or not.

The education system is so fucked up now. everything is based on grades and not actual learning.

Absolutely True.
But those grades are useless when it comes to implement practically while working. And history says that dropouts are more successful then the degree holders i hope you know whom i am talking about. Bill Gates once said "I Failed in Exams but my Friends passed in all, Today they are the employees of Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft."

That's one reason colleges these days are not a guaranteed job like they use to be.

Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother, do you think they'll like this song?
Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?
Ooooh aah, mother, should I build a wall?

<Re: My mommy bought me an education, am I smart now?>

no, you're piss broke and in debt now.

I just got off the phone with a pre-paid college program for my newborn.  700 dollars a month until he starts college in 18 years and it's free.....

fucking unreal.

If you talk about reputated universities of the world they assure you that they will provide 100% Placement but then it also depends on your actual capabilities only bookish knowledge would not help. But the Private Universities their main motto is just to make money out of it.

no, but you're probably a good boy ;)

now go present your nearest bank with your hard acquired currency

I have heard that song before what is it called?

Education System is going no where nowadays Really worried about the parents and youth I mean donation system in place makes better student to sit at home as he can't afford to pay it and non deserving canditates are holding the medical degrees as they are capable of paying donation.

Pink Floyd's "Mother"

I also forgot to mention that the education system has been turned into a institution to create more brain dead easily controllable slaves.

Between that, the drugs and the poisoned food a lot of these people are gone.  Nearly zombies. Another nasty factor,  I think a lot were just born with stupid in their genes.

Not just limited to that, but they have actually turned education into a BUSINESS, "you send us your children, we sell them education". lol

Cost has been going up 2.5X inflation.

What it has come down to is this, I think.  The demand curve has become relatively inelastic.  People need college to get any sort of job.  Universities are going to the bank with that.

It's a total scam.  Just another scam in the seemingly endless sea of money grabs.  Now to send your kids to college you've got to go broke doing it or they come out so buried that they're totally fucked for a decade or more.

So, I'd say if mommy bought you an education, you may not be smart but you are very definitely one step ahead of the game.

Education is only the part of things. You have to be skilled. In order to be skilled you need a job expetience. In order to have a job experience you need a job. To get a good job without connection from a start is nearly impossible. You need to know ppl. To be from a rich and powerfull family for example. Money is everything novadays. Just a college education will not get you anywhere.

Very True. If you are skilled you don't need a degree to prove yourself. But the thing is if you go for a job they ask for your qualification the person who doesn't deserve the job gets the job and one who deserves doesn't gets it as he is not holding a degree.

Your from a rich powerful family you probably don't need a "real" job.

Yes, everyone's aim is money including those providing and even those pursuing education.

Students have to learn so that they can earn well and colleges focuses on placements and annual compensations. The real purpose of learning is lost in the entire picture.

It has been observed that some of the private colleges in India take donations from students without giving the receipts , in turn, proving to be a source of 'black money'. Furthermore, the entrance exams are not conducted in a fair way. Deserving candidates are not able to gain entry to colleges due to financial problems.

@bold: In India?  ???  My mom completed her post graduation in Law without paying a penny as she got a scholarship from the Government and Freeship as well. I too got a scholarship from the Government during my Engineering course.

It's wrong to quote statements which are untrue.

You must be talking about 19th century then..lolz..I don't know what your age is but just go the universities for  an admission and you will get the clear picture. Are you really from India?? I doubt. That's why students from India prefers to go abroad and study as the expenses are same but atleast you also hold a PR in countries like Australia and Newzealand till your course is over and that is an added advantage.

I partially disagree. "Bought" education is only worth in government and some corporate positions.

Medical and industry people with university education in their respective fields were never worth more, than today. This trend will likely continue as these people get paid for results, rather than credentials.

meet people like you to create those connections. paper means nothing, it is buying prof`s time

So you think I am 100 years old? I am from India and got the scholarship recently. In fact every student does get a scholarship or freeship rightfully depending on his percentage or financial income.

I and my mom both got scholarships and more than 50% of our fees were returned.

@bold: Expenses are the same  :D You got to be kidding me.

What's your education BTW? I'm surprised that you haven't heard about a scholarship or freeship?

Thats correct. Education is no more Education now. It has become a business nowadays. Either you need strong reference point or you should have enough money in your bank a/c to buy the seat rather then earning it. Deserving Candidates are struggling and non deserving candidates gets the opportunity.

That's right. Worst situation in India when it comes to education. If you don't have money you can't expect admissions in better universities and rich people are just busy in buying the education so poor people stay away from better education and rich people enjoys.

Education is what you make of it. If you have some sort of goal or ambition, you can achieve things with an education that would be impossible to achieve without.
However, the problem with schools is not the 1% of students who are actually there to learn something, and it doesn't matter who pays for it. The problem is the 99% of students who are institutionalized idiots. The kids who only understand the routine of school and are attending post-secondary institutions simply because they don't know what else to do. These are the kids who threaten any prof who doesn't give them high grades, regardless of the quality of work. These are the assholes who will go into the real world absolutely unprepared to actually participate, contribute and work.
I don't think that's ever been different, maybe there were a greater percentage of kids who actually tried rather than coast through as earlier generations had to grow up amidst too much hardship to be as disgustingly entitled as millennials.
We need a total global war. A conflict that kills about 40% of the world's population, mostly under 30, and throws everyone into hardship, struggle and a common goal. That will put things right. After the dust settles everything will be fixed, for a generation or two, then its back to adult babies who don't even know how to wipe their asses, yet expect to be awarded every privilege accorded to those who actually contribute to society. See you in hell!

Completely agree the donation level in any colleges and universities are so high it becomes difficult for an middle class person to take admission in his dream college and his dream will be always be dream and education is a business nowadays

This is the exact problem of the millennial generation.   They feel entitled because society permits it. 

The education system is so diminishing at present that you cannot afford to get a admission even if you have scored  good numbers that will not make any difference unless you don't pay a donation and the education has become a business and even the teachers are interested only in getting a salary.