No-one should be put off going to university for financial reasons (£60k)

[Krill]

Christ Alby, you might actually have won an argument at last.

[Al B. Sure!]

Are you retarded? You would have known from the beginning what your general education requirements are. The fact that you took forever to declare a major isn't relevant. It is relevant when dealing with major specific requirements, but the website only listed 21 credit hours of requirements for Finance majors.

You ****ing idiot. That's only unique Finance requirements. There's general BUSINESS requirements, as well.

[giblets]

You ****ing idiot. That's only unique Finance requirements. There's general BUSINESS requirements, as well.

You did not make this clear in your asinine explanation that majors have their own requirements.

[Al B. Sure!]

You did not make this clear in your asinine explanation that majors have their own requirements.

Do you go to college? Did you honestly think 21 credits was all that was required for a finance degree?

[giblets]

Do you go to college? Did you honestly think 21 credits was all that was required for a finance degree?

It seemed rather low. I am sorry if that offends you.

[Jon Miller]

Working full time or even part time is known to cause people to take more time to graduate.

JM

[Al B. Sure!]

Working full time or even part time is known to cause people to take more time to graduate.

JM

And I worked full-time (35+ hours) for Sodexo while simultaneously working part-time for Checkers (16-20 hours).

And this rich human trash called gribbler, who thinks it appropriate to mock someone for trying to save money in another thread, wants to criticize the time it took for me to graduate?

[giblets]

I didn't make you screw up and need an extra semester. That costs way more than failing to save 2% on a purchase.

[Kuciwalker]

In the UK, the cost of going to university due to the payback method actually means it isn't actually profitable unless you get a really well paying job early on, and you move up the wage ladder.

Yes, I oppose providing a subsidy to people who form less human capital in college too.

[Krill]

Yes, I oppose providing a subsidy to people who form less human capital in college too.

Yay for less sociable mobility

[Kuciwalker]

?

How does taxing people who decide not to waste their time in college to subsidize those that do waste their time affect social mobility one way or the other?

[KrazyHorse]

It may affect social mobility somewhat. However, giving a randomly selected set of poor people a million dollars would improve social mobility, while spreading the money evenly across all poor people would not. Measured social mobility is orthogonal to any value I have.

Subsidized tuition plays two roles: it is yet another giveaway to the middle class at everybody else's expense, and it provides the upper and middle classes with a stronger sense that they deserve their privileged position in society.

[Jon Miller]

A strong middle class is a key component of every society with social mobility.

JM

[KrazyHorse]

Stop spouting nonsense platitudes and start thinking for yourself.

[giblets]

Is it plausible that university educations have external benefits? For example someone with a university education might vote less stupidly.