Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
McDonald's will be no more likely to hire you if you hold a CSN degree, nor pay you one cent more for it. Generally, employers who specify "must have BS" are not market-driven nor particularly choosy about where it came from. Think of government agencies and industries dominated by them -- such as healthcare.
BS Nursing? [shaking my head] Florence Nightingale must be turning over in her grave. You can probably learn a nurse's job by spending less than a month in a clinical setting.
The ability to transfer credits to another institution is a very dubious merit. A CSN acceptor would also accept credits from a mail-order college.
Monday, November 30, 2009
CSN: Egalitarianism Run Amok
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
A CSN degree is *worthless*. The crooked politicians use the "everyone should go to college" mantra as a pretext for paying off their cronies, ie the academic unions, construction contractors, service providers, and so forth.
The Constitution established the original UofNV (now UNR) to provide practical instruction in just three applied science fields (Agriculture, Mining, and Engineering). Maybe only 10% qualify. When 90% of the people are ineligible, they might become resentful and lobby their state legislators to spend the money *elsewhere*. That is why NSHE is eager to operate waste like CSN, Division I sports, etc. It helps broaden the political constituency for higher education.
A CSN degree is *worthless*. The crooked politicians use the "everyone should go to college" mantra as a pretext for paying off their cronies, ie the academic unions, construction contractors, service providers, and so forth.
The Constitution established the original UofNV (now UNR) to provide practical instruction in just three applied science fields (Agriculture, Mining, and Engineering). Maybe only 10% qualify. When 90% of the people are ineligible, they might become resentful and lobby their state legislators to spend the money *elsewhere*. That is why NSHE is eager to operate waste like CSN, Division I sports, etc. It helps broaden the political constituency for higher education.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
How Much Is Your Kid Worth To CCSD?
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
Federal law mandates a zero-tolerance policy for students who bring firearms onto school property. Students who do so must be expelled.
AFAIK, CCSD receives the same funding level per student (>= $10,000/yr), regardless of student age/grade. The younger the student, the longer the duration of state funding CCSD can expect to receive for him. A seven year old student is worth ~8.7X that of a 17 year old ($86,764 vs $10,000, 10 yrs vs 1 yr). That is why CCSD is so eager to keep its hands on [the two jokers who brought the gun to school], but doesn't care nearly as much about (teenage) dropouts. Note: the reason CCSD is eager to extend public education in the direction of preschoolers is because a 4 year old is marginally worth ~100% MORE than an 18 year old ($6,705 vs $3,324)1.
"Zero tolerance", huh? No doubt the regulations also require the federal government to reimburse school districts for state money forgone due to expulsions. CCSD would *profit* by expelling older students for gun violations.
110 yr APR: 3% (Qtrly)
Federal law mandates a zero-tolerance policy for students who bring firearms onto school property. Students who do so must be expelled.
AFAIK, CCSD receives the same funding level per student (>= $10,000/yr), regardless of student age/grade. The younger the student, the longer the duration of state funding CCSD can expect to receive for him. A seven year old student is worth ~8.7X that of a 17 year old ($86,764 vs $10,000, 10 yrs vs 1 yr). That is why CCSD is so eager to keep its hands on [the two jokers who brought the gun to school], but doesn't care nearly as much about (teenage) dropouts. Note: the reason CCSD is eager to extend public education in the direction of preschoolers is because a 4 year old is marginally worth ~100% MORE than an 18 year old ($6,705 vs $3,324)1.
"Zero tolerance", huh? No doubt the regulations also require the federal government to reimburse school districts for state money forgone due to expulsions. CCSD would *profit* by expelling older students for gun violations.
110 yr APR: 3% (Qtrly)
Concerned About Guns In CCSD? Drop Dead!
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
[Mandatory expulsion] does not apply to students who are on city streets or at bus stops.
Bureaucratic and legalistic, promulgated by CCSD lawyers. Once again, CCSD shows its monopolistic arrogance. "Don't bother us. What you don't know won't hurt you." It knows that parents -- whose kids are drafted into school -- have little choice but to send them to one of CCSD's offerings; especially *poor* parents.
CCSD is basically saying that $100K of funding is worth more than the personal safety of hundreds of other kids. Don't let CCSD use your kids as guinea pigs. DEMAND to know which skoolz are being used as landfill. If CCSD gives you the brush off, PULL your kids OUT. When CCSD loses enough money ($1M should do it) they'll become a lot more openminded about transferring those two boys to California.
If CCSD transferred those boys to rich white skoolz, there'd be an outcry you would not believe. All of a sudden, expulsion wouldn't look so drastic after all.
[Mandatory expulsion] does not apply to students who are on city streets or at bus stops.
Bureaucratic and legalistic, promulgated by CCSD lawyers. Once again, CCSD shows its monopolistic arrogance. "Don't bother us. What you don't know won't hurt you." It knows that parents -- whose kids are drafted into school -- have little choice but to send them to one of CCSD's offerings; especially *poor* parents.
CCSD is basically saying that $100K of funding is worth more than the personal safety of hundreds of other kids. Don't let CCSD use your kids as guinea pigs. DEMAND to know which skoolz are being used as landfill. If CCSD gives you the brush off, PULL your kids OUT. When CCSD loses enough money ($1M should do it) they'll become a lot more openminded about transferring those two boys to California.
If CCSD transferred those boys to rich white skoolz, there'd be an outcry you would not believe. All of a sudden, expulsion wouldn't look so drastic after all.
Another CCSD Gunslinger Who's Too Valuable To Expel
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
The article refers to the gun toters individually as "boy", "son", etc. Extreme juvenile delinquent would actually be correct.
CCSD *must* notify the parents of children who attend the juvie halls those future gangbangers were transferred to. Give *them* the option of where to put their kids. Parents who value education (and their kids's physical well being) should pull their kids OUT of CCSD. This mumbo jumbo about privacy is a lot of legalistic *baloney*. CCSD is just afraid that releasing this important information (transparency) would foment parent riots.
Of course there are laws preventing disclosure. Public education is a centrally planned (by lawyers, bureaucrats, etc) *political* institution. Amazing. When the Church was sued for pedophile priests, one of the aggrevating arguments used by plaintiff's attorneys was that the Church didn't disclose the facts to parishioners.
The reason why those "boys" were not expelled is because they are worth $100K in state funding (present value) -- more if special ed applies. If only ~20 kids of the same age were yanked by vocal, concerned parents, CCSD would get the message. They'd quickly come up with legal loopholes to allow the names/schools of the gunners to be disclosed. Then poor parents should insist that the "boys" be bussed over to rich white schools.
The article refers to the gun toters individually as "boy", "son", etc. Extreme juvenile delinquent would actually be correct.
CCSD *must* notify the parents of children who attend the juvie halls those future gangbangers were transferred to. Give *them* the option of where to put their kids. Parents who value education (and their kids's physical well being) should pull their kids OUT of CCSD. This mumbo jumbo about privacy is a lot of legalistic *baloney*. CCSD is just afraid that releasing this important information (transparency) would foment parent riots.
Of course there are laws preventing disclosure. Public education is a centrally planned (by lawyers, bureaucrats, etc) *political* institution. Amazing. When the Church was sued for pedophile priests, one of the aggrevating arguments used by plaintiff's attorneys was that the Church didn't disclose the facts to parishioners.
The reason why those "boys" were not expelled is because they are worth $100K in state funding (present value) -- more if special ed applies. If only ~20 kids of the same age were yanked by vocal, concerned parents, CCSD would get the message. They'd quickly come up with legal loopholes to allow the names/schools of the gunners to be disclosed. Then poor parents should insist that the "boys" be bussed over to rich white schools.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Education Competition WORKS
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
We don't need any more gimmicks. No more pay for leadership, charter schools, NCLB, G&T, and on and on. If we reduced CCSD to its constitutional minimum of one little red schoolhouse, almost overnight innovative new PRIVATE schools would open to fill the demand for education services. For all tastes and price points. Religious schools, secular schools, football schools, $30K per year schools, $30 per week schools, and so forth. No more captive audience. We shouldn't draft kids into dull, failed public schools. Make schools earn their customers.
Competition works.
We don't need any more gimmicks. No more pay for leadership, charter schools, NCLB, G&T, and on and on. If we reduced CCSD to its constitutional minimum of one little red schoolhouse, almost overnight innovative new PRIVATE schools would open to fill the demand for education services. For all tastes and price points. Religious schools, secular schools, football schools, $30K per year schools, $30 per week schools, and so forth. No more captive audience. We shouldn't draft kids into dull, failed public schools. Make schools earn their customers.
Competition works.
No More CCSD Gimmicks
Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
We don't need any more gimmicks. No more pay for leadership, charter schools, NCLB, G&T, and on and on. If we reduced CCSD to its constitutional minimum of one little red schoolhouse, almost overnight innovative new PRIVATE schools would open to fill the demand for education services. For all tastes and price points. Religious schools, secular schools, football schools, $30K per year schools, $30 per week schools, and so forth. No more captive audience. We shouldn't draft kids into dull, failed public schools. Make schools earn their customers.
Competition works.
We don't need any more gimmicks. No more pay for leadership, charter schools, NCLB, G&T, and on and on. If we reduced CCSD to its constitutional minimum of one little red schoolhouse, almost overnight innovative new PRIVATE schools would open to fill the demand for education services. For all tastes and price points. Religious schools, secular schools, football schools, $30K per year schools, $30 per week schools, and so forth. No more captive audience. We shouldn't draft kids into dull, failed public schools. Make schools earn their customers.
Competition works.
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