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jmowreader

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38. I can think of a more important reason to not choose to go to school in Idaho

Mon Mar 27, 2023, 02:51 PM

Mar 2023

Simply stated, our universities are not great.

We have four.

As one of my battalion commanders put it, the only thing you can learn to do at the University of Idaho is grow trees. Well…it’s not quite that bad, you can learn to grow beef too. And you can learn to make high explosives - an important skill in North Idaho, one of America’s primary sources of lead ore. But other than that and Boise State’s blue football field, we have completely average universities.

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Reports of HS students chosing colleges w/ an eye to the states policies [View all] irisblue Mar 2023 OP

A few tweets on this irisblue Mar 2023 #1

K and R riversedge Mar 2023 #13

It's worse than, "practitioners will leave these states"...far worse. This will affect all states. NullTuples Mar 2023 #17

It's called "Brain Drain". JPK Mar 2023 #56

Except they're draining the entire country, by design. It's not just their own states. NullTuples Mar 2023 #58

Oh... JPK Mar 2023 #59

I attended college/university in Ohio, elleng Mar 2023 #2

Ohio State University is gay friendly and so is Columbus. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #3

I live in C-bus, have for almost 30 yrs irisblue Mar 2023 #4

Yes and no I think. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #10

Ohio University bpj62 Mar 2023 #11

Yes I think Athens is quite conservative. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #14

My Grandson graduated True Blue American Mar 2023 #23

Yes Ohio has so many good schools. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #31

https://www.ohio.edu/engineering/ True Blue American Mar 2023 #39

Exactly. The GOP can only win by cheating now. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #46

Little note here on Athens. True Blue American Mar 2023 #48

Yes working from home is changing everything. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #49

With Intel coming in it is going to True Blue American Mar 2023 #52

Yes housing is going to be a big problem for Intel. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #54

I lived in Columbus for 38 years... hippywife Mar 2023 #16

Yes OSU is still gay friendly. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #22

OSU definitely made Cbus a better place to live and work. nt hippywife Mar 2023 #29

After I retired I moved to C-Bus and lived just off OSU campus for two years. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #34

I didn't go to OSU and never lived right on campus... hippywife Mar 2023 #44

Alabama will only care ThoughtCriminal Mar 2023 #5

Ohio here w/a daughter ready for visits / choices ok_cpu Mar 2023 #6

In the recent past OSU has spent a fortune on LGBTQ scholarships. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #15

Women's rights, et al........ Lovie777 Mar 2023 #7

You want to impact Texas and Florida? SCantiGOP Mar 2023 #8

To some extent. hippywife Mar 2023 #18

Reminds me of UTEP and Bear Haskins ALBliberal Mar 2023 #30

1966, and it was the first time SCantiGOP Mar 2023 #36

Thanks for that information. Living in Albuquerque ALBliberal Mar 2023 #55

Texas public universities pinkstarburst Mar 2023 #9

My friend's daughter (Missouri resident) ruled out Missouri schools last year because of racism SharonAnn Mar 2023 #12

I'm wondering Jilly_in_VA Mar 2023 #19

My girls wanted to go to college in the USA DFW Mar 2023 #20

California would be smart to offer academic placements to highly qualified students from Red states ArkansasDemocrat1 Mar 2023 #21

My son is USCG and currently stationed in VA with his family of three young kids. OMGWTF Mar 2023 #27

that is actually pathetic. barbtries Mar 2023 #43

Karens are everywhere ArkansasDemocrat1 Mar 2023 #45

There's going to be a definite brain drain in the coming years. Initech Mar 2023 #24

Some years ago, when my daughter was in grad school murielm99 Mar 2023 #28

Met with WI state senators and representatives this week. AllyCat Mar 2023 #33

The shithole states. OMGWTF Mar 2023 #25

It's not unreasonable to also consider that young men will go where the young women are going.. TeamProg Mar 2023 #26

Funny! True Blue American Mar 2023 #53

We are in that boat with a kid looking at schools. AllyCat Mar 2023 #32

Minnesota? murielm99 Mar 2023 #35

Minnesota! Wisconsin has hope on April 4th but AllyCat Mar 2023 #61

What... DemUnleashed Mar 2023 #37

stay engaged with him. barbtries Mar 2023 #42

Can't... DemUnleashed Mar 2023 #60

I can think of a more important reason to not choose to go to school in Idaho jmowreader Mar 2023 #38

If you're a young college woman who gets pregnant in Idaho, your Sky Jewels Mar 2023 #40

You'd be in a world of hurt at BYU-Idaho or Idaho State jmowreader Mar 2023 #47

All very true. Sky Jewels Mar 2023 #51

not Florida? barbtries Mar 2023 #41

It absolutely should be a consideration for girls. Even consecrated virgins can get raped & pregnant Hekate Mar 2023 #50

Tuition NowISeetheLight Mar 2023 #57