What is a College?

Thank you very much.

Thanks. Much appreciated.

Yeah- pretty soon all you'll have to do is borrow a half million, lie in a bathtub, and use one digit to click through your "education." Fuck society, fuck cooperation, fuck human interaction- the cyber world is there waiting for your flaccid drool to get you through advanced calc.

The politicians have caved in to corporate interests who wish to create a class of uneducated workers. Funds that once would have been used to fund public education now go into the prison system, corporate tax breaks, and payoffs to legislators.

This is just sad and sickening. I recall that you said this was a possibility coming your way - it's an insult to you and the rest of the instructors laid-off, and I'm sorry it's happened to you. It's doubly sad for the students and in the long term, for society as a whole - what in HELL are "they" thinking!!
You're so right in saying that college is a "connection" - a community - and I find it frightening that our educational institutes are being dismantled at a time when advanced education is arguably the most important process in our society. You can bet this is not happening in China or India - in those countries education is of high value, starting in pre-school and kindergarten.
We're seeing it happen here too; it's shows an amazing short-sightedness in our politicians. In the long term, they'll see less income in the form of taxation.
The politicians here are also doing this to nurses - they refuse to hire part-time and full-time nurses; instead, they hire nurses as "casuals" and have the right to call them on short notice to work at unfamiliar sites anywhere within 50 km radius of home. It results in confusion, and poor patient care - it's nearly impossible for anyone to just walk into an unfamiliar facility, and simply give ample care - but the gov't saves money in that they don't have to pay for benefits.
Really dumb move.

We need a completely nonviolent, assertive, inexorable revolution to take back our country from the bean counters, thieves, grifters, con artists, and predators who are killing off our communities. It has to be nonstop, strong, and focussed. We need to make this coming summer one that will rejuvenate our spirits and crush the criminals.

Them's fightin' words.
Count me "in."

I agree that the way workers are being treated these days is just wrong but put blame where is belongs. The Corporations are doing this to them, not the government. It is the Lack of government regulations that has allowed it but the Corporations are the Criminals here and should be strictly regulated if they want Any public funds because they have proven themselves to be Criminally Greedy whenever allowed.

Totally agree with your point! The situation is criminal.
(My comments re the nurses was re government funding (Canada).)

Then yes you need a little bit of regulation tweeking. Still better than what we have here.

Yes, and they need to stop trying to bust our Union. They're doing it to the Teachers' Union too. There are those (Corporatists) who are dismantling and destroying our system from the inside - it's been underway for several years - Insurance Companies with an obvious agenda - and with tentacles into our government.

Yep...time or an "American Spring"

Obedient clones with vapid grins.

All saying that 'life is good."

Exactly.

No education=slavery to ignorance

Thanks. It is way past time that we wrest control back from the cheap and lying crooks who have stolen our lives.

LOL! You don't need book learning to smell a rat.

dont ya hate when he does that.and i was just in the middle of watching the drool stream from my gaping mouth.ruined it by making me think

Yep I must say watching cartoons and drinking coffee just ain't the same after seeing one of his videos. Kind of makes me dislike the Government that much more

While that is true it helps to be able to read the contract that is going to put your soul in the hands of those that you borrow money from in order to attend the collage of your choice. An them folks that used to think having a couple grand in credit card debt was bad. From what I have heard folks today are leaveing collage with thirty grand or more in debt. That just isn't right no way no how.

Yes, the money it takes to go to college these days is outrageous. Textbooks are at least $100 new, and tuition is incredibly high. The worst part about it is that college administrators make about three times as much as instructors make. I can't for the life of me understand why people put up with it. One instructor is worth three administrators.

Because those that make the rules are the ones that say who gets paid what. They are like those in congress they give themselves pay raises just for pissing in the right room.....Oh and Teachers are worth four or five administrators at least.

You are right. But it is the administrators that controle the flow of money through the system and they are always finding ways to syphon off more and more for themselves. They learned from watching the 1%.

They ARE the 1%.

Na, they are not that rich and the 1% keep the door to that club locked. They are the supporters of the 1% and their agendas who think that they will be able to go to that club someday so they want to protect it for themselves in the future. Sometimes I don't know which is more dangerous to society, the ones in the club or the ones who protect the club thinking they are protecting their own future.

Great points, Foos. Thanks.

Well said.