Response to John

I agree with John on this subject very much so,  I too am a young registered Republican.  I feel as an educated young person I have the right to have my opinion and that is the great part about this country.  And I too feel the same being a Republican is very frowned upon in society and the way the media portrays it is very biased.  The media makes me think that my opinion is so wrong because I "judge people", "don’t care about the less fortunate", and "how can you be Catholic and be republican, you aren't following the teachings of Jesus".  And all of these are strong misconceptions, people who are Republicans don’t hate people, we just think that you should work for what you want, and the harder you work the more successful you will be.  I get very offended when people say these things about me, because I am not a judgmental person.  I think you can do whatever you want but you do not need to force your opinion on others let everyone think what they want to think it is your right to be entitled to your opinion. 

So John I think people think it is "so wrong to be right" because people get very offended and sensitive about the issues that are brought up in this argument.  And the people who think this are scared that they will be persecuted about the way they live their lives, so they feel they must protect themselves.  The way they protect themselves is trying to ridicule and make the other side of the issue be so frowned upon, and the media always portrays this side of the issue in such a bad light.  So the media needs to stop producing biased news which is a very hard thing to do and I don’t think any news sources are completely unbiased, and that is where you need to educate the viewer to look at both sides and figure out what is the real truth about what happened.

College; is it really worth the money?

As a college student, I realize that higher education can be a huge waste of time, money, and resources if the time at school is not spent wisely.  The job market has been flooded with young people who have received degrees in general areas of study such as a business.  People are going to college, getting four-year degrees, and graduating with massive amounts of college debt.  Because the job market is so concentrated, these college graduates are being given jobs for which they are overqualified. (http://www.salon.com/2014/09/03/robert_reich_college_is_a_ludicrous_waste_of_money_partner/ )  

My mom is a perfect example of this situation. She went to college, graduated with a degree in History from the University of Cincinnati, and she now pushes paper across desks and enters numbers into a computer, nothing to do with History.  Although she did not graduate with debt, she had to work her way through school.  After college she never really did anything with her degree.  She ended up working for her parents as an event planner at a rental agency.  Subsequent to that, she moved on and now does secretary work.   A lot of her skills that she uses at her current job come from working for her parents.  She was taught how to talk with customers and appeal to what they need.  She learned how to manage people to accomplish specific tasks and guide them in the right direction.  These skills were not taught to her at college.  So why do we go to college?  Why do we go into all this debt?

The best way to learn is through experience.  So why are we sitting behind a desk having people tell us what to read and write about when the most effective way to get experience is to go out and work for it?  If people were given actual jobs out of High School based on their interest instead of going through several more years of school to learn a personalized skill set it would be much more effective.  These young adults would learn specific traits tailored to themselves, but would also be getting paid.  The more you learn and work the more experience you would have and you would receive salary increases as you gain more experience.  If this were the system, college debts would be irrelevant because one would not pay for an education, but rather receive pay as they work and gain practical knowledge.

College can be a good place to learn skills that will be used in the workplace, after all people go to college now and thrive at their jobs with their college degrees.  This system I have thought of has many flaws, like who would like to hire someone not knowing if they could be a total bust at the job and be a waste of time and energy for the company.  If people do well in college, put in the time and graduate from school with good grades, and prove they are hard workers, they would be at a disadvantage, because people who did not go to college are being given the same opportunities. 

As I said above this is not a perfect system but it’s definitely something that is fun to think about and consider.  If the school system could integrate some of the ideas I have said or change the cost of school, I believe that college would then be more efficient and effective for students to attend.  With this more affordable system everyone would benefit.  Companies would have a higher educated work force, workers wouldn’t be in nearly as much debt, and colleges could still be places of business, although the cost is cheaper more people would attended causing schools to bring in more money altogether.