Anti-Job Pro-Freedom Quote Of The Week 165, 166

Another thing that will help ease you into the status of debtor is the price of your textbooks -- about $120 to $180 for a new, graffiti-free copy. True, this seems high when you could buy a hardcover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for $20 or less, but the aim is to teach you that a book is something to treasure (and, again, we charge no extra fee for this lesson.)

On average, you will graduate with a respectable-sized debt of $20,000, which will enable you to establish your all-important "credit history." If we have succeeded in our educational mission, you will be a first-rate debtor, capable of making minimum monthly payments much of the time. As fresh offers of credit cards and home equity loans pour in, you will beam with pride at your achievement.

Please note carefully that Fleece U degree cannot guarantee you a future income that will allow you to pay off your debts. Many of our most promising graduates are now, three or four years later, working for $8-12 an hour serving up lattés, counseling disturbed youth or creating business computer networks. They are set for a lifetime of debt, and we are proud that they first began to accrue it right here, on our lovely mock Oxfordian campus.

from

College Students, Welcome to a Lifetime of Debt!
By Barbara Ehrenreich,

Posted September 11, 2007

I don't want to live in a world full of engineers and MBAs. We must have the arts and social sciences if there is going to be any thing resembling culture and humanity left in this materialistic profit-driven world. We don't all have brains that are wired for math or the hard sciences; some have no interest in these subjects and are gifted in other areas.

signed,

Not everyone is interested in accounting and finance (thank god)

Posted by: NoKidding

on Sep 11, 2007 7:18 AM