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Mental breakdown for the win (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
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[–] 2 points 6 months ago (6 children)

We attended the college scholarship presentations for my kids. A bunch of scholarship folk from the colleges spoke about "Just apply" that's all it takes.

Because millions in unclaimed scholarships are left on the table because nobody applied.

One guy got the women's sport scholarship because no women applied for it, so the school was like what the hell might as well give it to somebody.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (5 children)

    Yeah but just apply implies a support system. Those kids dont just apply because they dont have parents who can force them to do it. And a ton of kids millions of them, did sit there and apply for the scholarships and now they're baristas and uber drivers. Because even if everyone went to college for free, not everyone can be a lawyer or a doctor, we need greater numbers of baristas and uber drivers than we need numbers of lawyers and doctors, the economics just doesn't work.

    So again, what are the 95% of us who arent in the top 5% supposed to do, just be poor forever fuck us?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Also, uni doesn't have to be about career, it's personal growth. There is a good book, which I forget the title right now, about how countries that stop teaching the arts start to have less critical thinkers in society and just become factory minded workers with no questioning of the capitalistic nature their country is pushing onto them to only increase profit. So really we should all have free schooling to grow as a society, even if your passion is making the perfect latte

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    Trades is the best bet. I left Uni, and went into a trade. At 23 I had a house, wife, car, and baby on the way—Trades can be surprising lucrative, and can lead into other avenues via the variety of skills learned.

    For example, now I train engineers how to use their software or how to solve the technical problem they face via the sequrnce of tools in the engineering program.

    In some cases I'm earning more than the engineers. Their paper might open other oversea jobs though.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Dude we're not talking about personal advice, we're talking about policy, what's a good idea for one person to do cannot be a social policy.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    You asked: What are the rest of us supposed to do LOL. If you don't like local policy, and in a country thwt isnt going to change, move to a country that has free Uni. There are many like Germany where as long as you show you are integrating you can get school paid.

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