To be fair, in his speech he never mentioned any leftist bias at universities. He kept it straight economically based.Right message wrong messenger. He understands his base tends to be less educated and believe colleges turns people into “leftists” so he’s just playing his base. Just like trump and any other politician.
I wonder if his son wanted to drop out of Harvard and become a plumber would he feel the same way?
, and just plain wasting away. College is not making anyone "smarter". I went to a pretty decent state school and ppl take the classes and do enough to get their degree for their future profession. Outside of that they don't know much. I've got friends and family that are doctors, PHDs, CPAs, Masters. Ppl who have degrees from Ivies, Harvard Business School. Outside of their specific profession they don't really know shyt. And many of them even within their profession their shaky. This school system from elementary to college is a game of doing the work provided, submitting it on time and memorization. Much of the material taught is essentially a big history lesson. I say that to say trades are no different than what these people are getting degrees in. You're mostly specializing in one specific area of expertise. The only difference is trades aren't wasting 4-8 years of your life.
I don’t think it’s that deep. For instance, Many in STEM aren’t really politically leftists themselves. Even in the Bay Area, many of those white collar workers(white males, Asian males etc) are moderate at most. Plenty of blue collar folks vote left in these areas. Many highly educated ppl are moderate or right of center. Education doesn’t automatically mean one is going to vote left.
He mentioned Florida having the lowest tuition. But he also pretty much said, why waste space? He’s right, and so are you, why should someone waste space when they can learn a trade and make decent money? We need ppl in the trades. We need builders.in state tuition at UF and FSU is less than 7k.
you can make that working in the summer, not to mention at least the pell grant (not a loan) if you have financial need.
if you believe that you HAVE TO be in debt to go to school, the yeah, maybe you shouldn't waste space there
i looked into some florida "trade schools" and they are double the cost of state school so you are saving absolutely NOTHING while getting weaker credentials
according to the tuition numbers nobody "has to" go into debt to pay for college. "choosing" to is a different story and we know most american's don't make the best financial decisions.... like going to a school you can't afford and taking loans you don't need to take, when there is probably a state school you can afford to go to even if you have to work part time to pay for it without taking a loan
but tbh i wouldn't even call taking a loan for college a "bad" financial decision. it should pay off somehow in the long run if you play it right. but you certainly don't "have to" do that
