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1/28/2016 12:49:56 AM
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"Join the military!" as an argument is a joke. No one should be forced to join our army because it's the only way to further themselves. This idea is based around the principle that the poor should fight our wars while the rich get to dictate our wars.
Community colleges do provide a pathway. I chose this route because it is inherently cheaper. However, the programs that you suggested like RN are highly impacted. My local CC's receive hundreds of applicants a year and can only accept a small minority of them. What are the rest supposed to do? They can apply for other schools but ultimately there is a limited amount of spots available. By removing the cost barrier of Universities we can encourage those that can handle higher levels of college to pursue the higher levels of education. Those who want too can pursue the lower level training that comes with AA programs.
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Hey, I joined the military to put my self through school. It is not an argument. It is a viable option and it helped me tremendously. To call it a joke is insulting. Most of your comments have been asinine in my opinion, but that is the first comment you've said that is actually insulting in my opinion. I served with plenty of people who came from good homes and weren't poor. My father made great money and I grew up in an upper-middle class home and he wanted me to go to West Point to become an officer in the Army. Poor has nothing to do with it. I'm just saying it is a viable option that will get you through school. And an honorable one at that. Yeah, RN programs are stacked and tough to get into, guess you better work your ass off and have the best grades and beat out the others. Every point you try to make looks at society as a whole. How can we all be happy? How can we all get by? Because that naive viewpoint of yours isn't is hollow and false. It always has been. And it always will be.
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I meant no disrespect. I appreciate everything our soldiers do but having the military as the primary way people move throughout our economic classes is absurd. Joining the military should be because of your personal dreams not because you need the money for college. You are risking your life hoping that you can make something of your family. People should not have to resort to that to succeed. The thing about most programs is that it eventually becomes a lottery. Let's say a program accepts 40 people annually, out of that 40 only 20 get in based off of grades. The rest are put into a lottery and whoever gets chosen gets in. You could work your butt off and still not get in. I focus on society as a whole because that's what the federal government controls. If a state or county feels different then they have the capacity to change the laws in their area. A $15 minimum wage in CA is a lot different then a $15 wage in OK. The federal government should set the basic rules and guidelines while the states can go into specifics depending upon their populations beliefs.
