Your opinion of higher education

This "puffery" is what I believe happened with the Trump University operation too. That and Trump did not actually know very much about the operation he signed on for. Some think he started it. Basically I believe he took over an existing operation.

 

True, the percentage of lawsuits is small. But the percentage of unemployed lawyers is high - of course, we will never know the full truth of the amount as many lawyers are not counted by the schools or by the industry as it is too dishonest to publish the truth.

As for people hating lawyers, you well know that they have been hated since biblical times such as when Jesus admonished them in Luke 11:46 and when Shakespeare's Dick the Butcher said "the first thing we do is to kill all the lawyers". Nothing new under the sun, as they say, because the profession has always been known to be filled with many shady characters.

 

My kids can do whatever they want for education, but I won't be paying for anything that I think won't lead to a self supporting career.

 

So the moral of the story is that higher education should be a hire education.

 

I knew a few people who couldn't "find" work after graduation too. I found a job in two weeks. No problems.

 

As usual you believe whatever suits your fancy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_University#History

 

Good for you.

 

Most of my fellow graduates who quickly got jobs after graduating were those whose parents were lawyers. Others were not so lucky.

 

I was thinking Michigan would be one of those schools that was immune to the glut of lawyers.

My cousin spent about a decade at Northwestern. Walked out with an accounting master's and JD. Ended up with a 7 figure bonus for passing the BAR and is now doing international corporate tax law in NYC.

I was almost the exact same situation. I was all lined up to go nuke but got cold feet when the recruiter explained the consequences for washing out.

A friend went through with it though. He never even saw a sub in 6 years aboard carriers and finished his engineering degree. He's working in a gas power plant now and living a very comfortable life.



OP, IMO you took the best possible stance. A liberal arts degree is is great, but in today's economic climate, it needs to be something that reinforces a STEM degree.

 

before you slink off, let me thank you for proving I am accurate. So thank you.