Delete comment from: Captain Capitalism
That damn book should be MANDATORY reading in high school - for everyone. Here's my condensed story, different flavour:
Daughter was doing well in the sciences in university except that it was just chock full of those icky mathematics. She wanted out, and one day chanced upon an open house for a no-name college where she ran into a cool old guy with a ponytail that filled her head with the future she had ahead of her..in FINE ARTS. He was a prof, right? He just HAD to know what he was talking about, right? Who would you believe at that age - your cranky old man back at home, or this trendy hipster who told you your 'art' was 'exceptional'?
Today my daughter is a failed gay artiste that flies a cash register at a retail shop, is slowly paying of a mountain of student debt (and I will be damned if I will bail her out - even if I could). When you become an adult kids - you answer for your own decisions, good or bad, just like I did when I was young.
The Cap correctly describes those academic scum of the earth "educators" as 'vampires' as they lure kids into costly mickey-mouse programs. They are very, very good at what they do and they know how to blow smoke and where to blow it.
I would heartily recommend the Captain's book, and enlistment for kids that aren't ready to make a decision. Kids need the straight poop to make sound decisions and their educators aren't giving it to them. It is up to you as a parent to make sure they make the right decisions for them.
Jul 3, 2013, 12:35:03 AM
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