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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:21 PM Original message |
I am a comfortable college professor...but I couldn't sleep... |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hits you right in the gut. |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Unlike the right wing fakes I've seen he shows his face. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. I know exactly where he's coming from |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. . |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. With you there Warpy - |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
71. +1 |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Excellent! |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. One of the things I learned in business school |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. The people making education out of reach want a pack of slaves to do their bidding |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #31 |
63. Student loans create the equivalent of an indentured servant class. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. 17 years of paying off mine |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Yes, there is something you're not thinking about - it's absolutely key |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Just a note |
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oldhippydude (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. bingo |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I hope you'll read my other reply -- very, very carefully nt |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. 10th grade education here. GED @ 35 |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. Oh, good grief |
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999998th word (555 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Everyone is on edge these days, it's sad. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
70. John Adams rose to fame fighting King George III's attempt to shut down public education. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wow. K&R |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. as a college instructor too, that sums it up pretty well |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. K&R! |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sweet |
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itsallhappening (578 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wonder if his students turn in papers in all caps? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yes, because a photographed statement on the Internet is the same thing as a 8-page research paper. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
66. lol |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. Is the professor teaching something worth $150/hour per student? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. All education is valuable. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Not all education is valuable in the sense of increasing the earning power of the student |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. So you think education is only for creating earning power? |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I don't, but higher education promotes the idea that you need a degee to get a good job |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You still can't break away from education=job preparation, can you? |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Not as long as HS career counselors and college admissions recruiters are selling it to students |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. Some of us didn't choose our degrees based on earning power. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
62. Way to miss the point |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. highly unlikely he is paid that much. nt |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I was calculating from the student point of view -- Should have been $50 / hour |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. The professor isn't making the $150 an hour. Just like my old computer company charing a client |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Wow--wish I could make a modicum of that as a college prof |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. $50 / hour of instruction is about what it cost the student to attend college |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
59. What we should recall is that neither schools nor universities invent languages or |
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Demstud (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
69. It costs a lot more than that, generally ;-) -nt |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Here's what I'd like to know: are assistant football coaches overpaid and |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. The highest paid education "professional" in the State of Washington... |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Nice - for him. Meanwhile the State faces an almost $5 billion |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. It is a crime. Plain and simple. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. Acc. to my Dad, the U. of Kansas pays its head football coach in excess |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
61. Remember ... "Sports builds character" --- !! Does it? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. What planet do you live on where professors get that kind of pay? (nt) |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. Your concern is noted |
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tropicanarose (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
67. Most college teachers are part time and are grossly underpaid. The universities are investing in rop |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. Excellent! Exactly how I feel. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. Bam. K&R! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Kicked and recommended. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. Good one. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. K&R Man with a conscience and a heart. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. Am I the only one who can't read all of it because it's blurry? nt |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I can read it but it is pixilated and a little hard to read. |
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kayakjohnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Try to right click .. then 'save as'... then it shows up in your pictures, where you can then |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Thanks!!! Exposed as a techno-illiterate with bad eyesight!!! |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. He probably has graduate students... |
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Swede Atlanta (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. Wow...how poignant |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. K & R in solidarity |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. one..... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
45. I'm a university professor who is not so comfortable.... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
57. Wish I could rec your response. I hope you will consider |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Yes, please make this an OP |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
64. OP this! +1000 |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
49. That's powerful |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. I am an uncomfortable college professor with loads of student loan debt |
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Beavker (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
68. I love seeing other people have a conscience |
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