Near Riots at UCLA Over Proposed 32% Tuition Hike [More]Hey, it's not like the Marxists on the university payroll--or any of the cops behind the barricades--wouldn't be rioting if they had to take a 32% pay cut. Besides, somebody planted the idea in the the students' heads that the world owes them an education.
What this brings to mind is how potentially explosive things are. While CNN did it's best to paint Oath Keepers as alarmists inventing non-existent threats without cause, it really doesn't take much imagination to conceive of catalysts that could spark scary civil unrest. And it's not much of a stretch to think that some could be killed by authorities as a result. Or vice-versa. Prompting more violence and more crackdowns.
And what if violent resentment spread to other cities?
How sympathetic do you think those "restoring law and order" would be to claims that people in the conflict areas have a right to keep and bear arms?
Be nice to think if you were caught up in that, some cop or National Guardsmen would be remembering their oath, wouldn't it?
"near violence." so.. non-violent? ok.
ReplyDeleteresentment and "near violence" spreading to other universities could be used to push a national police force. "nationwide challenges" and all that. pretending each university is exactly the same. typical babel tower stuff.
as for those interested in education and its relationship to entitlement: check out peter schiff. he's a big proponent of eliminating federal loans and subsidies for college, because he understands that those are the cause of the high price of tuition in the first place.
all teachers always find a way to unionize themselves to collect subsidy. they are otherwise low in value in the marketplace, because anyone can talk to someone younger than they are. that is the beginning and end of teaching. that is its quality: conversation. the only reason we have books is to manage quantity.
So bicycle helmets are now riot gear?
ReplyDeleteA search of four-year public (in-state) college and university rates of tuition and fees show that Florida is lowest at $3,100 per year and Pennsylvania highest at $8,410 per year. Out-of-state resident rates are much higher, sometimes three times higher than in-state resident rates. For California residents, UC and Cal. State (all campuses) are a great educational bargain, even at 34% higher.
ReplyDeleteNo worries, mate, my offspring ain't a-goin' to no damn college in California, let alone UCLA. But I do love watching them critters scream and yell about their rights. As if.
ReplyDeleteJon, as a former nursing college teacher - and one who hates unions - I suggest that your assumptions and stereotype of teachers might need a bit of polishing...
ReplyDeleteReal teachers are those who understand and know how to do things... and are willing to help others understand and do them as well - or see them inspired to do much better.
Unfortunately, most of those real teachers have nothing to do with the government "education" system at any level.
I demand congressional hearings with representatives of "Big Education" to find out why they are gouging the prices! Where is the "pay czar", asleep at the wheel?
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