Originally Posted By: Jason Beezuz
I agree and want to add that college is always judged by its failures, like waistoids living in parents basement with general studies degree. But look at the most successful folks out there and look to see if they went to college and you may find a pattern. People are quick to remember non-college educated success stories and college educated losers, yet they are dismissing the majorities in both those groups.


Basically agree except I'm not dismissing the majorities here. I fully acknowledge these majorities. But these majorities are not the ones outraged and demanding college loan forgiveness are they? Not that I've seen and I'm taking the contrary position of college loan forgiveness and the majorities are simply irrelevant to the topic at hand.

It is a minority of people that want college loan forgiveness and that's why they aren't going to get it. I'm just trying to explain to this minority that no they didn't have to do what they did, there were and still are other options and I'm just telling them what I wish people told me back then that took me years to figure out. So they don't have to spend years trying to figure it out and can get to work and start paying down those loans and can sooner correct the mistakes they made. The only message I ever heard is study hard so you can get into college and you will be a success for what you know. Nobody cares what your opinion is or what you know enough to pay for it. They pay you for work, not for opinions or what you know. Yes knowing things can help you do more efficient work so you can do better work and get more money but knowing is not the requirement. I know people that didn't go to college and worked who are successful, I know people that did go to college and worked who are successful but I don't know any people who went to college and do not work that are successful just because they know things. Why do these free college people think they should paid money simply for the fact that they are educated and know something and not have to do any work?

Obviously I can't say everything about everything so I sometimes leave out information that I find irrelevant to the topic at hand. It doesn't mean I'm claiming or don't know that it exists or am dismissing them. They are just not the ones I think are wrong. Me not mentioning these majorites is not dismissing them, it just means I think they are right so I have nothing meaningful to say other than nodding along yes. But sometimes people miss that on the internet because they can't see your facial expressions or body language indicating agreement. If this was in person you salmo and me would just be nodding along with each other.