Inteljustice2 Wrote:Maybe she just really enjoyed performing for the camera. LOL Spokane students left hanging after ITT Tech closure | The Spokesman-Review Read that article this weekend and its crazy how much these students spent on their education for a 2 yr degree, we are talking north of 50K! That is so unrealistic that the government should put caps on tuition rates for profit colleges. It just doesn't make sense how and why anyone in their right mind would so willingly go into that sort of debt for a degree for a college like ITT Tech.

Toastmaster Wrote:They simply do not know. Many of these people come from backgrounds where college is not the "norm", not to mention financial awareness.

When you combine the lack of knowledge and prior experience with criminal (yes, criminal) exploitation of these realities, you get results like $50,000 for a two year degree.

Inteljustice2 Wrote:I agree that lot of people that go to these schools have a "suspect" background. But you can't fix stupidity. Especially when you factor in how much cheaper a community college is over for profit almost 99.9% of the time.

Financial awareness is one thing. Financial stupidity is a whole nother animal.

Nixi Wrote:If anyone is curious and wants to investigate, Google "ITT Tech mediatakeout". You'll find the video in the first link.

Prloko Wrote:A large percentage of the women in the sex trades are desperate and are usually exploited or manipulated. It is real easy to judge someone until you walked in their shoes. It is sad this forum is going this route.

Toastmaster Wrote:I didn't say "suspect". These are people. They have a "different" background than some of us do, they are not "aliens". They do not know what they do not know. These people are not "stupid" (As a group), they simply *do not know*.

I could call people "stupid" for getting degrees just to get a "job", vs opening up their own business. I point out that it is generally better to own and control a resource than to "borrow" it in terms of profit, but when I tell folks that, they generally look at me like I'm an alien. I don't call them "stupid" though. I simply understand that they are "unaware" of any other way to live. Our entire system of a country is designed to raise up "inputs" to our economy. Employee inputs. Non owners. Even the budding Entrepreneurial Ecosystem/Industry is designed to reduce Entrepreneur *ownership* stake as much as possible, and increase the likelihood to sell a profitable venture to a "Big Firm" who can no longer organically grow efficiently. Sure, you get a big pay out, but you no longer own or control the asset.

Bottom line, there is no need for elitism on a forum based around education and learning. We are here to grow, not put down others.