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College ISNT a scam. The cost to go to college IS a scam.
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Anonymous 2w

i kinda of agree and disagree, depends on the field you are in. As a future doctor in med school im definitely glad im getting proper training.

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Anonymous 2w

College is def a scam, their isn’t any reason for me to take US history and English classes in college, let alone pay $400 for them.

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Anonymous 2w

College is a scam. Education is not a scam.

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Anonymous 2w

the correct term would be rip off

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Anonymous 2w

The monopolized price gouging is what makes it a scam tho.

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Anonymous 2w

Fr because I literally just spent $250 (and counting) in college textbooks and I doubt they’d be of any significance to me or my education

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Anonymous 2w

Everyone’s hating when I’m paying 5k per year, everyone’s saying it won’t guarantee you a job when it literally could, instead of sitting on ur ass drinking and going to fkin retro try and make some money talk to ur professors, network, meet new people. This can guarantee you a job if you do what it takes, start something new there’s one million ways to make money but you decide to waste time and drink ya asses off

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Anonymous 2w

It used to be free cough cough Ronald Reagan, he’s never did anything for the people. California I blame you, yall let him become governor and then president, it’s yalls fault.

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Anonymous 2w

You’re really screwed if your upper middle class (unless you’ve gotten a ton of scholarships)😔 like my parents aren’t paying, so I’m stuck paying everything. I don’t get any financial aid at all because my parents make tooooo much, but where does that money go? BILLS. LIFE. Not my college because they have their own student loans etc. my parents wouldn’t even co-sign a loan for me because one is already cosigned for my sister and my other one has bad credit. I had to get my grandpa to co-sign.

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Anonymous 2w

Make public education free again

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Anonymous 2w

my tuition is covered and i get a stipend every month for 1500

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Anonymous 2w

I agree, the whole education system is wack, why should I take all these meaningless gen ed classes for a major that has nothing to do with them?

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Anonymous 2w

I go to a small private school where my total tuition package is 70k a year. My total scholarship package is 73k a year. The field I want to enter is so niche there is no possible way to enter it without undergrad and then grad school.

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Anonymous 2w

Get your money up

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Anonymous 2w

Scams are scams because of the money aspect man

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Anonymous 2w

🥷 s will say college a scam then go to a 20k + per year tuition school 😭

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Anonymous 2w

All this for a god damn piece of paper

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Anonymous 2w

Me getting paid 6 figures for the last 3 years cause I went to do hard earned my degree and masters at a mid university : “It might be a scam was I scammed? ”

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Anonymous 2w

If it is not a scam, then why don’t your grades matter? I could get all C’s and D’s and get the same piece of paper we are all busting out to get A’s. Nobody cares about your grades once you graduate.

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Anonymous 2w

My school tuition is only 8.1k a year Pittsburg State university. I would say one of the only colleges where it’s worth it. I went to a 2 year first as well so that was 6.5k total (for 2years)

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Anonymous 2w

i think that makes it a scam…

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Anonymous 2w

College IS a scam unless you’re seeking to be in a profession that really requires it.

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Anonymous 2w

Oh yeah

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Anonymous 2w

Having to take core classes that have nothing to do with your major is a scam to get you paying more tuition. If a quarter of my classes won’t help me in my career why aren’t I paying 3/4 tuition

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Anonymous 2w

honestly depends i’m literally only paying 600 dollars for a out of state big 12 university thanks to merit scholarships and grants.

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Anonymous 2w

snaps to that ‼️‼️

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Anonymous 2w

I’m in college to study plant sciences, I need to take criminal justice classes to fill my “goal areas” so yes it’s a scam

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

Have you not seen the current political climate? A lot of people could benefit from a refresher course.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

I would like you to reread OP and then reread what you just said 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

“their isn’t any reason to take english classes” is so ironic 😭😭😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

I’m sure this person means in terms of having to take them because it’s a pre req but after taking it in high school why should it be taken again

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

The jokes write themselves

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 2w

It's like when you avidly go to the gym and stop. Best way to explain it

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

the triple whammy of missing the point is really proving OP's post true

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

Not entirely but I see your point

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2w

Are you getting that training from school or at a hospital?

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 2w

becoming a doctor requires both.

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Anonymous replying to -> #15 2w

if you’re on a pre professional track or want to go to school after undergrad this is painfully untrue. grades def matter depending on what you want to do after.

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Anonymous replying to -> #15 2w

Cs and Ds are passing, are they not? It’s not like you can straight up flunk all your classes and still get a degree, ykwim?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

try 3000

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Anonymous 2w

music ed actually. you learn about there, their, and they’re in elementary school

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Anonymous replying to -> #20 2w

believe it or not, those classes directly increase your overall intelligence. have you ever wondered why american adults are barely literate and unable to wrap their heads around complex issues?

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 2w

I spent $850…

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 2w

are your school’s books not covered in the tuition?

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 2w

where I go no..

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 2w

Nope!

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 2w

Sadly no… you have to buy them yourself later

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

that’s crazy! i’ve been to two universities and both of them included books in your tuition so you would just go to the bookstore with your student id and they’d have your books ready

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

*there 🤣 there’s definitely a reason. To teach illiterates like you

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 2w

Wow that sounds nice

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 2w

both of the schools i’ve been to included books in tuition and you could just go to the bookstore with your id and they’d have them in a bag or box ready to give to you

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Anonymous replying to -> #22 2w

it’s super convenient

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 2w

what state is that? i’ve never had that happen and ive gone to 4 different schools 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 2w

its both, i learn important practical knowledge in classes and i have on the job training. I more mean that alot of colleges price gouge and make it very hard for people to afford classes and books. especially those who come from lower income families.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

Their, There, & They’re whooping yo ass. Go pay that $400 luv.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2w

Just curious because when I was studying physical therapy I learned the body parts in class but not how to do anything with it until I was training in the field

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Anonymous replying to -> #28 2w

And it doesn’t even guarantee you a job

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Anonymous replying to -> #12 2w

you're lucky

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Anonymous replying to -> #14 2w

Oh I agree. Had a disagreement with someone in my speech class and he said it was because “you go to college to get well rounded”. That’s not what college is for

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 2w

😹😹😹RIGHHHTTT.

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Anonymous replying to -> #25 2w

If tuition doesn’t cover it almost every university allows you to purchase them with your financial aid. This is big news to me

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Anonymous replying to -> #34 2w

I am VERY lucky I could even get to go. We got denied from multiple loans, and yes I could’ve gone to a different school that was cheaper, but the loan situation would’ve been the same. My grandparents are well off but still aren’t paying for my school because that’s my responsibility, and we got denied from loans because of his age. It’s crazy the amount of money and work it takes just to get an education. In going for nursing and I’m gonna have a shit ton of loans which I STILL will not even

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Anonymous replying to -> #34 2w

Make the amount that would help me get pay of loans before the interest is built up like crazy. So anyway. Anyone who gets to go to college for free should be thankful that it’s free for them. Because others are not in the same situation (sorry if it’s a bad reason it’s free… but yk😔

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Anonymous replying to -> #34 2w

I was in a similar situation going into college and then I lost all of my financial aid the first semester. I went from full time to part time which took every penny of my financial aid away. I ended up appealing and taking a break to build my credit and save up money to take out a loan myself without depending on any1 else. The struggle of money stress while going to school/work can affect your grades and performance - you can fail very easily from slacking. We all move at different paces.

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 2w

A LOT of it actually does come from med school

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 2w

Tbh like if it’s a small detail who gives a shit irl if you can read it (other than it being annoying ig)

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Anonymous replying to -> #35 2w

It’s actually a very fundamental tool that we all need to know the difference between regardless of the setting. Not knowing and not caring to learn just shows how much you care about your education anyways. Stay stupid🤷🏽‍♀️

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Anonymous replying to -> #31 2w

I’m very capable and you can figure it out with a good search, no reason to pay 800 bucks for what is effectively notation… If it was at an acceptable rate I’d be happy to

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 2w

that’s like saying a lawyer doesn’t need to learn about precedent court cases or federal and state statues. you need to know the body and how it functions before you do anything with them. just like you need to know the laws before you learn how to defend/represent someone as a lawyer

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Anonymous replying to -> #35 2w

if you can’t even bother with the fundamentals it causes larger problems down the road

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Anonymous replying to -> #35 2w

You’re not always guaranteed a phone for a quick search. You also learn the basic English Language Arts and Reading Skills in elementary-high school and just apply them formally in college. That means common sense has been free for a while and you neglected to care the whole time. Don’t blame college for that😂

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Anonymous replying to -> #31 2w

I would have had to take a course that was literally the same shit in was in high school as it was middle school. (I tested out). I’m fine with the use of such things but there’s 0 reason it should be a mandatory class in… Engineering…

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Anonymous replying to -> #35 2w

Everytime you reply speaking gibberish you further my point of needing an education.

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Anonymous replying to -> #35 2w

To be fair med school is different from regular college. Once you’re taking classes that actually pertain to your major that’s when you really start to learn and understand what you are going to be doing

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Anonymous replying to -> #37 2w

That’s not where o was going with it. Lawyers learning law is necessary but doing pre reqs that have nothing to do with it is a problem. I had a roommate become a lawyer and when he had to take trig, astronomy, and chemistry as pre reqs it made no sense

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

I wish a class was 400, it’s nearly double that at the cheapest now

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Anonymous replying to -> #39 2w

also missing the point

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Anonymous replying to -> #27 2w

There is so much more nuance to that you have no idea

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Anonymous 2w

Holy shit you haven’t used correct spelling or grammar once in your argument of why English class is useless.😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2w

We could have free med school in this country, you probably wouldn’t make as much money though

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Anonymous replying to -> #13 2w

Making a different one

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

Yikes. Takes like this one is exactly why Americans are so stupid and ignorant. Saying there’s no reason for you to need to learn English or history is precisely how we ended up with who’s in office. You should be educated if you want to be a well rounded person and not ignorant about the world around you. English and history are BASIC things that everyone should know without question. 🤦🏾‍♀️

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Anonymous replying to -> #49 2w

War is the government’s favorite expense and time tells that story

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