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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 02:44 PM Original message |
Poll question: Should higher education be restricted to only those that can afford it? |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Higher education... |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. The problem with community college... |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. I teach in higher education |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. I presume the people that voted yes did it |
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Sadie4629 (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'd have checked "other" |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The active mind is apt to be an unruly mind. We need active minded people. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. They do, but they don't get away with it as much. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I have ovaries and I have never felt the need to try to conform. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Most extracurricular activities are extraneous hyperboles |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. The OP said QUALIFIED. Class clowns would not be QUALIFIED. Hate to break it to you. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. No the OP said *especially* for qualified not *only*.. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sliding scale tuition. Minimum achievement test scores for 4-year |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. I voted yes because the question is asinine.. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You voted yes because you think that. Work a few years to save up to $30,000? Take out loans... |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. It is that easy |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yep. That's why there shouldn't be any assistance of any kind - people would take advantage of it. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Are you really that obtuse? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. You can't gain residence status in California by living there for a year before college |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. umm no.. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. My mistake. If you're under 18 there are different rules, which are: |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. Private universities do not necessarily charge big bucks out of pocket |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. College should not be free |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Seems to have worked just fine in Europe for over half a century or more |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Getting people killed seems to be the only exceptable use of tax payers money these days. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Cheers!! |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
50. Perhaps I am wrong, but I thought that the US had a higher percentage |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. So Mommy and Daddy's money is SKIN IN THE GAME? Fucking please. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. 200K in college debts? really.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. My debt was easily 200K. More like 250K. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. You did not go to a state school |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I did go to the state school. My dad was a blue-collar (steel mill), |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. I only applied to Berkeley because they had the best financial aid |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
55. 200k WTF |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
64. People do not drop out in record numbers in countries with free/subsidized higher education |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Oh hell no |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Why is it scary? |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. State university tution is FREE in GA if you have a B GPA and stay out of trouble --- for everyone |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. that would be so wonderful, I wish I could move my kid there |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. However, there have been 2 terrible consequences to that... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. But you'll have that anyway one way or another. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. 4-year universities should be both free and merit-based. |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. Free with the caveat... |
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ithinkmyliverhurts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. This has to be the finest construction of a polling question EVER. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Yeah, well it's the world that we've turned into. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. Four lumps for lumpy! Ackety ack ack |
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cayuga (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. College education is free in Iraq. n/t |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. it shouldn't be restricted to anyone with the grades to get in. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
37. It seems that despite continuing pleas for more money |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. My husband went to one of the Ivy league schools - parental |
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erpowers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
39. Free Education |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Some do - they donate to their alma maters and those colleges do make a certain |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
42. There should be a third option, with an answer in between yes and no. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Thank you for your insight |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Thank you for starting this thread. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
48. 36 Sure-Fire Ways to Know that Your Empire is CRUMBLING! |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
51. Iraq had free higher education and health care ...and that's why we had to destroy their country |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
52. So dumb people shouldn't have a decent quality of life? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. That's not what I was implying... |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I don't have a problem with that... |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
56. Eveyone benefits when one person gets well-educated |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
57. If the purpose of education is to end up with an educated populace, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. You make a great point. Denying people education only hurts US. n/t |
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FatherTime1408 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
60. When you say "free" |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-24-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. When I mean "free" I mean supported with tax dollars, like in Europe. |
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