cnn said tonight that 8% of poor ppl go to college and 70% of wealthy go 2 college , so i was wonderin...?
923462
If you have been following the news, you will know that they passed the bill, but never passed legislation to fund it.  The part of that No Child Left Behind Act, that they didn't publicize, is that it gives military recruiters access to information, to which they did not formerly have access.\n\nPeople are making quite a fuss about recruiters, who can force schools to hand over unlisted phone numbers, addresses, etc.  \nThey are also now permitted to take kids out of class to try to pitch their line about joining up.  They are appearing on people's doorsteps, uninvited, and insisting on talking to the high school kids.\n\nYou need to watch more network news.  The only thing that legistlation did is put more of a financial burden on local school districts and give military recruiters better access to the poor kids who will not be able to afford college.  Then, the Republicans were the majority in both houses of congress and refused to pass money to fund the Bill.  Maybe now, after January, there may be something done.
738419
Generally, yes. Last time I checked, the percentage of athletes that make it in college sports was around 17%.
1135401
By some of the answers they skipped school can't read nor understand. Facts as you state the Richer pay a higher percentage, the poor pay none in fact they get a rebate not their money the richer give them for not earning enough the liberal way its the money us tax payers pay and I work for it they don't,  most. The ones that try I don't mind helping but not forever. You are not my dependent
541477
yup... Bush has made cuts to education and that's not mentioning his No Child Left Behind program that has heavily taxed an already overburdened system... \nAnd college tuition has went up an average of 40 percent since Bush's presidency... and loans and grants are down...\nEducation is far down his list, and all of his suporters have their children in private school and just want the school choice program so they can milk the system even more...\n\nNot everyone can afford private school... and has anyone ever been in an inner-city school... or even a school that is way out in the middle of nowhere in the south... poverty beyond belief and no supplies...
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Here is some info for all the Liberal zombies that actually think Kerry is right.\n\nAccording to figures, 99.9 percent of the enlisted forces have at least a high school education, 73.3 percent have some college, 16.2 percent have an associate’s degree or equivalent semester hours, and 4.7 have a bachelor’s degree.\n\nWhat’s more, over 85 percent of field grade officers have advanced degrees – 70.7 percent have master’s degrees, 12.1 percent have professional degrees and 2.5 percent have doctorate degrees.\n\nThe military has a higher education rate than the civilian population and definately higher than the Liberals.
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Your lost hero.  \n\nFact is the Soldiers in the military are more educated than the Civilian sector.\n\n99.9 percent of the enlisted forces have at least a high school education, 73.3 percent have some college, 16.2 percent have an associate’s degree or equivalent semester hours, and 4.7 have a bachelor’s degree.\n\nWhat’s more, over 85 percent of field grade officers have advanced degrees – 70.7 percent have master’s degrees, 12.1 percent have professional degrees and 2.5 percent have doctorate degrees.\n\n\nI have two degrees.  How many do you have?
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If you're going to refer to a poll by CNN then you need to post a link for us to see this poll.  Otherwise, we think you're full of it and are just trying to stir the pot.\n\nThanks for the link.  Yes, I don't understand either, it's appalling.  The only answer I can think of is that they aren't focusing on Geography in the schools anymore and let's face it, for a lot of kids if it isn't force fed to them by the schools they sure aren't going to go out of their way to learn it.  Sad but true.
1038674
Yes I do. Going to college is just like buying a showroom car. It's expensive, and it keeps getting more and more expensive. If you ask me I think the government already had it figured out that way in order to keep out certain types if you catch my drift. I don't know any people who can pay for college out of pocket. Plus to get a loan or grant means you better pass and get a good paying job cause then you have to pay them back. Man has just made life unbareable, and education much harder. The new math they have now is confusing and unnecessary. I haven't seen anyone doing fractions in the grocery store or any store for that matter. Yet I have seen a lot of people having problems with $5.50 and hour. The government will increase everything but a pay check.
1165829
Not enough, especially young men.  Every college I look at, the percentage of women is higher than men.  What's the deal with that?!  Do I have no hope for finding a decent, smart guy to marry???!!!
96612
I would have said that I'm a ex-college non-grad. that doesn't know what hes doing and trying to find places that make me happy. When people tell me to go back to college or join the army. I like to traval and I think that George w. bush blows and I can't really do anything about that except not listen to his crap.
731818
Idiotic and wrong.\n\nSo much for school being about getting an education and preparing kids for the real working world.\n\nMaybe this is why America is falling behind the rest of the world in education.
1029752
Franco says:\n"I got a kid Tom, Puerto Rican kid. Now her mom was a Spick, I'm a Spick and she's gonna end up in New York City public schools for like the next God Damn decade unless I do something about it. And I mean personally I would like to see her in the best private schools in the city. With wealthy white kids. Schools where they don't stab or kill each other, where they just do really good drugs, get incredible grades and go to great white colleges, do even better drugs and then graduate with well connected white friends who can help them get hired into the upper echelons of white American society. Those schools top at what, 15 grand a  year now and ultimately in college almost 50 K a pop. Now if I'm a lieutenant making 50 grand a year total, I don't know, between me and the federal government, maybe I could pull it off. She's Puerto Rican man. She's also a girl with no mom. I need to do her a solid."
829606
Line item veto! First of all you who are for the government helping you pay for health care, giving you minimum wage increases, dumping more in social programs? Who is going to pay for it? Hell lets just steal it from the rich and call it a tax! I want my share from those rich bastards! Which what is considered rich? Beings the upper 10% of wage earners pay 60% of the taxes. Why don't you use one of them government handouts called pell grants and student loans, and get yourself and education, then a job, and then pay higher taxes because you have lived right?
779812
Good question. Common would inply that it is, but I've seen that's not the case. I know a lot of college educated people with no common sense.
880794
UM NO... Thats what helps people go to college and become who they are. without those people would be swarmed in debt. escpecially the people who want to be doctors and would have over 300k in college bills in the end!
716214
........many of them are niether dumb nor stupid.....Their income's are often triple the national average, and many of them pay for private education's for their children......They are niether sad nor stupid.......
394924
Yes. This was a real study conducted by several top name Universities around the country. They did in fact prove that most Repubs are far less educated and intellegent than democrats. But hey, no real big shocker there right?\nAnd yes, it is hillarious and also very sad that all the red states are in the mid-west and south. Oh man, why can't all these stupid repubs go to school.