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In high school, I was fortunate to attend a $50k boarding school in the Northeast on scholarship. My largest class had 10 students, while my smallest class had 4 (including me). I lived with royalty (literally), would wake up in the morning, grab breakfast, maybe golf a couple holes, and then would go learn how to invest in the stock market or how capitalism works and why money isn't bad.
It was the best education I've ever received. The irony? We were in no way affiliated with state mandated education requirements.
The state university I chose was the "best" least-expensive option on my list ($20k per year). There were some classes that blew my mind. One course was titled: "Leadership & Networking," and was a course for entrepreneurs that focused on Dale Carnegie's "How To Win Friends & Influence People." I also TA'd an entrepreneurship class, where our professor would bring in successful entrepreneurs to speak before arranging for us to get drinks with them afterwards.
But with the good, came the bad.
I've had classes where "safe spaces" were a legitimate thing (still funny to me). I've had professors who claimed money is the root of all evil. There was one professor who taught a course based on everything "wrong in the world" (pollution, capitalism, globalization, big business), yet he spent his entire career dictating problems for the impressionable youth instead of seeking any resolution himself.
I've seen the good, and I've seen the bad. It's easy to point the finger and claim the education system is "broken" and "useless," yet I find it's easier to open up the web browser, (or a book) and educate yourself. Education is highly subjective. Just because you went to a school that taught something does not mean that it's common practice around the country.
I have no sympathy for the OP "Shane Satterfield." Perhaps the issue isn't the education system, but the entitled nature of students who feel like the world owes them something for graduating college.
"I graduated at the top of my class, with honors." - Lol, you think the market cares there Shane?
my goal @Elon's Musk is to send my children to a similar aforementioned private school that you went to that i was not able to attend when i was a youngin lol
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