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Nothing can beat the social life you get at a big university though 
Why the focus always solely on academics/degrees?
Why the focus always solely on academics/degrees?
John Oliver talks about Student Debt and For-Profit Colleges
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Because you have to pay for these loans, if you're not fortunate enough to have scholarship or a full ride.
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Nothing can beat the social life you get at a big university though
Why the focus always solely on academics/degrees?
Because kids take out massive loans to pay for college. Getting in 20K+ of debt just to say you had a great social life for 4 years is extremely stupid
The main point of college is the education. Plus you can have social life going to CC.
Take a look at the end of the video, Oliver makes a joke that kids should enjoy the college social life, because they are literally going to be paying for it for the rest of their lives
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Love this show and this was a great segment.
Too bad the problem of paying for school won't be fixed anytime soon.
Too bad the problem of paying for school won't be fixed anytime soon.
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I went the CUNY route and got my BS and MA debt free.
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Because it's the sole purpose of going to schoolNothing can beat the social life you get at a big university though
Why the focus always solely on academics/degrees?
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We'd have to pay higher taxes. Don't believe folks will want that. And there's too many making a killing off of debt.
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Nothing can beat the social life you get at a big university though
Why the focus always solely on academics/degrees?
Because it's the sole purpose of going to school
No it's not.
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Getting your degree should be your primary purpose in attending school. If you can't have a social life and attend school successfully at the same time then you need to prioritize.
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Poeple do focus on academics too much, if they focused more on networking and internships maybe they would actually be employeed after graduation. Gotta have a job to pay off those loans.
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Maybe I shouldn't have said sole, but it's definitely the primary reason. Everything else comes behind it.
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People could have decent jobs while going to school.
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No doubt but there are also tons of social purposes for attending college that have nothing to do with beer or yambs, some of them just as beneficial as the degree itself in the long run.
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Absolutely. People who are only studying and not making connections are often worse off than other who made the effort to develop outside of the classroom.
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lots of the hardest partiers from college ended up with consulting positions at Booz and Deloitte
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Lol what is considered decent? $8/hr-$10/hr? In my opinion if it isnt gelping you with your career its a waste of time. Unless you need the job to survive of course.
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That CUNY/SUNY education 
graduated with a $500 balance because they gave me a book advance by accident.
graduated with a $500 balance because they gave me a book advance by accident.
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Love his show. So glad he exposed For Profit schools. One of the biggest scams in America....
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$17. That''s pretty decent for someone with no bills.
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That is pretty good, but lets be honest college kids mainly work retail jobs. I dont know anybody in school and working making that unless its an internship.
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that was funny.Oliver has been good.
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I worked for a for profit school right out of school and the stories I could tell you
I hated it; I got out of there ASAP, I lasted about 11 months
It was the 1st job offer I received and was excited to just get working but believe me; they need to be shut down and the government is well on it's way
some "admissions reps" aka scum sales people make 6 figures to pray on people who have no business being in school...that is all I will say; karma will get them when they can't find jobs outside car sales when for profits close
I hated it; I got out of there ASAP, I lasted about 11 months
It was the 1st job offer I received and was excited to just get working but believe me; they need to be shut down and the government is well on it's way
some "admissions reps" aka scum sales people make 6 figures to pray on people who have no business being in school...that is all I will say; karma will get them when they can't find jobs outside car sales when for profits close
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His segments and exposes are brilliant. I wonder if anything ever comes of them.