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In reply to the discussion: Why has Jeb Bush's college graduation year been omitted by the media for at least 30 years now? [View all]anobserver2
(928 posts)Here's what some people may also be wondering about:
Let's say Jeb Bush was a major in something else, oh, I don't know, European History. And, he was bored out of his mind the first two years of college, decided not to continue (when finally the coursework was starting to delve deep into his major), so he dropped out.
Where do you predict Jeb Bush would have then lived for several years? Caracas, Venezuela? As he and his young wife and two kids at the time did? I predict it would have been a different locale, had he had a different major such as European History: Europe would have been his future abode. Because: then he might learn something about what he was supposed to have learned via his major in college -- which he didn't actually learn in college, because he dropped out of college.
And whose dime was paying for this study abroad - immersion learning experience - for him and his family for several years? Well, if he was actually working for the CIA, with a bank as a cover story, that means: the taxpayer was footing his "college" bill abroad.
College students today are being clobbered by college debt. They have to delay starting their lives.
Does Jeb Bush want to pay for immersion experiences abroad for students -- those who would much rather drop out of college, get married, start having kids,as now they would be like he was perhaps: secure in the knowledge the taxpayer will pick up the bill for travel and living expenses for three years or so wherever in the globe that the student's abandoned college major may take the student?
That's the kind of question I would like to ask Jeb Bush: Who really paid for your college experiences? The taxpayer? Because you sure didn't hang around UT long enough to learn anything about Latin American Studies in Texas is my belief, based on what I learned from your Latin American Studies department there.