Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "5 Countries That Kick America's Ass At Higher Education" video.

  1. In this entire video this guy is equating "free" to "better". Not once did he talk about quality.
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  2. The US has the best university system in the world. There is a reason why we have the most international students.
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  3. To be honest at this point it is too late for them. They equate "free" as "better" and feel they need the government to educate them. If you are college age and feel that way then you are beyond help.
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  4. Badass Atheist, my university is pretty cheap and is expanding enrollment. We are short professors, TAs, tutors, etc. We have to change our daily schedule to where classes start at 7:30 and end at 10:30. We are pushing for more night classes and weekend classes. And for professors and TAs, we are putting warm bodies in front of the class. We have a chem TA that did not know what a limiting reactant is. They had no desire to learn it as well. But we renewed his contract because we need TAs that bad. Did the students even learn anything at that point? Now make it free it will be worse as enrollment will be much higher nationwide.
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  5. anko Mitarashi, there are many cheap colleges across the nation. The main thing you gain from college are connections. You can learn a lot on your own, you gain connections through college. And it is an investment. My undergrad university was $10,000 a year. That's it. I used my connections to get into grad school and already I have jobs lined up afterwards. It just requires work. The idea that only 30% can afford a degree is a myth. Most can afford it with cheap colleges. It is an investment in the end. If you make it "free" you increase enrollment which means less opportunity for the students as they will have a harder time developing connections.
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  6. Badass Atheist, it isn't just my school. Around 2% of the population has a doctorate, and unemployment amongst them is less than 2%. These people have jobs. If you make college "free" you will increase enrollment. Now who is going to educate them? And how do you know if the person you hire is able to teach? You have to consider that a lot of professors are not great at teaching to begin with. At that point you will be just herding students in classrooms at 500+ a class like cattle, having them doing generic online assignments, getting little interaction with TAs, tutors and professors, and receiving a letter grade in the end. Is that really and education? Sure, universities can take on more students by doing all of that, but what do students gain? " Almost 50% of americans make below $30k a year." Which is highly deceptive. I am a part of that 50% that earn below that. I earn $23,000 a year, but I have my own car, my own apartment, and I am a doctorate candidate. You are leaving out several variables. 1. What is the cost of living where they live? 2. Do they receive benefits (I do as a grad student)? 3. Do they have a spouse that earns more? 4. How old are they and are they close to finishing college so they can earn a higher income? 5. How many live with parents as in they are teens? You can go on but just throwing a number out there means nothing. You have to put it in the correct perspective. It is similar with education. Just herding students in a large classroom, having them do generic assignments, and giving them a grade and later a diploma is not an education.
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  7. Badass Atheist, many government jobs require you to do some sort of "training" that isn't really the greatest. For example, my laser safety training was a 2 hour course where I took a test that did not even get graded. But according to the state I am certified to work with class 4 lasers that can burn a hole in your skin. Or with FERPA training, I watched a 30 min. video, took an eight question test, had three times to pass, and that's it. Oh, on the test was the same questions in the same order each time. So you played the video in the background, took the test, remembered what you got wrong, and took it a second time and passed with a 100%. And now you are FERPA trained. You have the ability to look at other college students' grades. That is the level of government standards. Do you want that with college education?
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  8. "Dude, I think you rely on personal experiences and anecdotes, rather than statistics and figures." I can pull up statistics. The average class size has been growing recently because college enrollment has been growing. "r. Just an exercise for your brain, the top countries with "best" education are the same countries with "free" education." Based on what? No where in this video did they ever mention quality. They only mentioned how they are "free". I suggest you exercise your brain and realize that.
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