Why poor kids don’t stay in college

Re:Why poor kids don’t stay in college by FussyZeus on Monday December 28, 2015 @05:06PM (#10803670)

You take the most vulnerable elements of the population, entice them with grants promising a better future, then sell them expensive loans that can never be removed via bankruptcy, then sell them an education that increasingly is not a guarantee of any success whatsoever and then when things come up as they do in every life, we punish them even harder, oftentimes for life.

Madness is what it is. Pure madness.

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Re:Why poor kids don’t stay in college by danieltillett on Monday December 28, 2015 @05:12PM (#10803710)

Indentured servitude is the term you are looking for [1].

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servant

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Re:Why poor kids don’t stay in college by FussyZeus on Monday December 28, 2015 @06:20PM (#10804074)

As much as I dislike hyperbolic sounding terms, there really is no better word for it.

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Re:Why poor kids don’t stay in college by pdex on Monday December 28, 2015 @09:52PM (#10804895)

It pays off it you pick a major that trains you in a valuable skill, this is where the problem lies- far too many people are picking dumb majors, that's more the crux of the problem you illustrate: making bad decisions during a critical time of life (ex: majoring in Drama).

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Re:Why poor kids don’t stay in college by FussyZeus on Monday December 28, 2015 @10:28PM (#10805008)

I think it's a little more insane that one day the person in question needs to ask permission from the teacher to go to the bathroom and then the next day they're required to make life altering decisions with little guidance under extreme pressure.

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Re:Why poor kids don’t stay in college by pdex on Monday December 28, 2015 @10:44PM (#10805068)

Why do you think picking a major is a "next day" decision? High school students have years to think about it, furthermore high school guidance counselors have career and salary guidebooks available to anyone who walks through the door.

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