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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:03 AM Original message |
About those "selfish" college women who are planning to stay home |
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cheezus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Awesome!!! |
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Crayson (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Another effect |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. I have always thought women should get as |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. You have made some very good points here. I would like to add |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
83. No different than... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. You are assuming that an at home mother represents a wasted education |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. Don't confuse "education" with "ivy league diploma" |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #96 |
128. A mother with a Yale degree has a lot to pass on to her children |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #128 |
157. The seven magic words |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 11:11 AM Response to Reply #157 |
172. The education I was referring to WAS about being a stay at home parent |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #172 |
179. We simply disagree... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #179 |
186. Misunderdstanding's a bitch, ain't it? Let's start again: |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #186 |
187. Nice to meet you Nikki. :) |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:34 PM Response to Reply #128 |
178. Well said.... |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #83 |
147. Define wasted..... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:51 PM Response to Reply #147 |
159. "superfluous" or "not used to good advantage" |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:10 PM Response to Reply #159 |
163. But college degrees are not a finite resource.... |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. Here's where I take issue: Why do they have to go to an ivy league school? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. yeah too many had plenty to say abt an article they had clearly never read |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. That's the whole forum! Its the whole site! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Well said |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. You are absolutely right about this: |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
62. All degrees are not valued equally. Men major in more lucrative |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Why? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. You answered your own question |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
70. Considering that I'm 24, then no. LOL |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
98. good point |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
133. Apparently misogyny and sexism aren't reserved for conservatives |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #133 |
144. No they aren't. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
97. Because they won't find rich husbands at state schools. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
132. Will we change admissions standards |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #132 |
140. Bingo! |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #140 |
160. Women NEVER know when they will need to be their own support |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #160 |
188. Exactly, RazzleDazzle! |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #132 |
154. Nahhh...we have to go further..... |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 10:10 PM Response to Reply #154 |
171. While we're at it, can we please get a guarantee from all Ivy League |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
136. I agree with that. However, maybe people in general place too |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
143. As a stay at home mom with a PhD I'll take a crack at your answer. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #143 |
181. Amen, Pacifist Patriot. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. GIRLS do not get college educations, WOMEN do-- try to keep that |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. They call each other girls, and the college boys "guys" |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. My Wife Says It All The Time |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. dismiss if you like, but words shape the way we think, and that WORD is |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Sensitivity Clouds The Big Picture |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #60 |
74. then you just might think about the offense you took at my pointing out a |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. Critique v. Offense |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:08 PM Response to Reply #82 |
149. Please explain to black young men why they should |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
165. When no offense is intended, |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
116. I was about to mention it too. it irritates the hell out of me. |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #116 |
124. Are you up on how the 20-somethings use "girl"? They have reclaimed it |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #124 |
166. No, they haven't reclaimed it. |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #166 |
174. That's not how the college girls experience it |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #166 |
184. damn right! nt |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #124 |
168. then they need to read Backlash by Susan Faludi and STFU. |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #168 |
175. Now isn't that judgement! (I'd rather be a "girl" than an "idiot") |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #175 |
183. it's harsh, I know. it's one of my pet peeves. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
141. Well, I'm a 34 year old woman, |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:26 PM Response to Reply #141 |
185. that is slang use, not general use. among your peers, if that is an |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
142. Well, I'm a 34 year old woman, |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. I have no problem with stay-at-home parents. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. The problem with that is... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The obsolesence of the degree can be an issue |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. it pretty much is |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yes, but think how much worse off a woman in that |
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abbiehoff (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. Education for its own sake is worth pursuing |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. College is a financial (and societal) investment |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. And who's to say what the "best possible use" is? You? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. The university. Absolutely. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Well since the university is already admitting them, there's not much |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. But this can change more easily than you know |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. So you'd propose a psychic initiative to read the minds (not to |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. What I'd propose is a 100% tuition refund to anyone... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Hmmmm |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Perhaps not, but their tuition would subsidize others who do. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. Oh that would be great for the finances of universities. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:55 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. They'd raise tuition for everyone. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Raising tuition for everyone? Do you WANT only the wealthy to get |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. No, I want anyone WHO USES it to get their education for free. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. But since education isn't free, do you suggest an overhaul |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:27 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Okay, I need to be clearer. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Raising tuition will make higher education less accessible for those |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. No. It makes it free. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. You mean it's free 15 years after you graduate. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Many. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #63 |
110. Okay.... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:15 PM Response to Reply #110 |
113. Forget it - for some people higher education is just a factory, and |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. It actually makes me laugh.... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. Mine too. I don't know if it's the Puritan Streak in the US or |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. I'm not sure its Puritan at least how I am familiar with the term..... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #113 |
182. Everyone has their biases |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #63 |
189. A couple of problems with that |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. How did you get THAT out of my post??? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. I didn't reply to your post. I replied to Jeff's post,. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #57 |
103. Actually those levels arer now close to pre-209's levels in terms of % |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
106. That Attitude's EXACTLY What's Wrong with Our Higher Education System |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. My great aunt who dropped out in 8th grade |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Very true. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. I say let the housewife wanna-bes study liberal arts to their hearts' |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. But again, this would be assuming that a woman's |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. The socioeconimic status of the women |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:29 PM Original message |
Are there actual figures on the socio-economic status? |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. The article was poorly written, and didn't include that many details |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. I can't find where she got the study, what her source was. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
101. The writer for the NYT piece this diatribe is based on did the survey... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Baloney. If they earned admittance it's their call and that of |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. That assumes they *earned* admittance |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. By whatever standard the university uses, they have earned |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
162. My daughter went to a "Seven Sisters" college |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
167. Oh, come on |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think what is important is realizing that this raises issues of CLASS, |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I'm having a hard time understanding this sentence |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Well, it may be hard to understand. |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. How about explaining it? I'm home sick today and don't feel like unpacking |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. Some women don't obtain their "Mrs Degree" and should be prepared |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. There are a finite number of college opportunities... |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Isn't life full of contingency plans? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. An imagination exercise |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. But, they may plan on getting married...most women do, and yet, |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Then perhaps what is needed is a housewives university. |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Bwahaha. Funny. But I still believe that there is more to share w/ kids |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Education + culture + knowledge + information Yale diploma |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. And how many women do you think will get an engineering degree |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #79 |
86. Isn't that the whole point of this thread? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. And of those 60% which are getting engineering degrees? |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Actually, most college students-male & female-are getting business degrees |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #93 |
153. Please present a link in support of your comment. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:36 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Of course not. |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. When is philosophy "fully utilized" in the workplace? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #99 |
104. Granted, a philosophy major would have a harder time getting money back |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #104 |
173. Yup. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #99 |
129. "Oh you're a bullshit artist!" |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #86 |
105. Hey you're at DU..... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #105 |
180. Yeah, I saw that later. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
16. What about single mothers? |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
52. Yes. living wages for whicever partner works and universal healthcare |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I like this idea |
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democrat in Tallahassee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
17. Why the bias against a liberal arts degree? You make it sound |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. i agree |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. So true. |
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alkaline9 (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
20. Excellent! |
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Southsideirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
25. "Stay at homes" in my neighborhood have the best "gig" going and |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Some of those women with strollers are looking at the working women with |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. so people mad at these girls assume that life is worthless unless you work |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Agree, A well educated person with a well rounded |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. People have bought into the anti-intellectual notion that education |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
80. Confusing "ivy league diploma" with "education" |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. Ivy League education is still education. n/t |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #87 |
102. Yes, and a tour bus could be used to get groceries. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #102 |
111. If you choose to see it only as a dating service, maybe so. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
34. Again, since this is about the Ivies |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. LOL!!!!!!! |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. LOL- you might have apoint! |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. BTW, was there a statistical breakdown of these Yale coeds? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
100. No.... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #100 |
107. SHIT! A student EMAIL survey based on only 138 female students?? |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. The "researcher" weeded out subjects who didn't agree with her thesis! |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. This just in......80% want Clinton impeached! |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. Did you see the end of the first link? |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #109 |
114. Sometimes, I think the New York Times writes about its fantasies that |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. That Pollitt article is probably the most devastating..... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. We need to remember Louise Story as a future Judith Miller |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #122 |
125. What baffles me..... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Yes! Exactly! Why did the NYTimes publish an amateurish student survey? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:17 PM Response to Reply #107 |
115. The author was right out of the Ann Coulter mold. |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. I don't care about Louise Story's beliefs but about her lack of ETHICS! |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. But that's what I meant - not that her beliefs are Coulterish, |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #121 |
126. But Coulter doesn't pretend to do studies. She just shoots her mouth off |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #107 |
131. The "survey" is completely bogus. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:59 PM Response to Reply #107 |
145. Well put. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
89. Mona Lisa Smile anyone? |
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Fescue4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
130. Their life, their time, their money, their choice |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
134. Very rare is the woman who is sahm for the rest of her life |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
135. Women who do all of the child bearing and most |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
137. Their opinions are often mute anyway because |
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terip64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
138. I am a stay at home mom, my youngest is 14! Title: Household Executive |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
139. Right now, this RN with a finance degree is having to learn |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #139 |
146. I agree. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #139 |
148. I'm with you |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. Didn't realize that education = money |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #151 |
155. Agree. And work doesn't always mean traditional paid work |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 09:21 PM Response to Reply #155 |
170. Yeah, ignorant women raising kids |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
150. A higher priority would be to exclude people like * |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #150 |
156. Exactly. A higher priority would be to curtail nepotism in admissions |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
152. Women who are educated are less likely to get divorced. |
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methinks2 (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
158. Good article |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
161. We should get rid of Art, History and Sociology degrees too! |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
164. Pay is an interesting idea, I have a different one |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-09-05 07:52 PM Response to Reply #164 |
169. you got a great point.. |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #164 |
176. Great post! You should repost as its own thread. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
177. Your opening sentence is misleading. |
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