Only thing that costs more than an education...
is not getting an education!
That's a good one! Thanks for posting.
clarity
Higher Education...in the news. Pew research
by ldrnomo 15 Replies latest jw friends
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ed60
The GB's reasoning behind not wanting people to go to uni/college is that in going to college it is inevitable that there will be regular exposure to reading and analysing information from a number of sources and then giving an opinion on what you have found out in the form of an essay, thesis or dissertation. This is one of the key skills that people take with them from university, regardless of what they study. It is how real 'truth' is discovered and falsehood is discarded. Real truth stands up to scrutiny.
The Jehovah's Witnesses want people to be easily led and dogmatic, they certainly don't want people asking too many difficult questions or developing the sort of skills you have to develop at university. You can "make sure of all things", as long as you only use WTBTS publications (and even if you do that they have to be the most recent ones). Also, at uni you learn critical thinking and debating skills and then it is that much easier to start to escape the quagmire that is Watchtower theology / world-view. Plus at uni you're surrounded by ordnary people from lots of different walks of life and the contrast is dramatic.
Of course, should anyone ever point out the gaping holes in their ideology they are labelled 'apostate' and kicked out PDQ. The WTBS is one of the most closed minded institutions on earth. It's GB's way or the highway. At least the highway is free.
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Vidiot
Well said, Ed.
I remember they eased up on the higher edumacation thing back in the early 90s (I think they needed people with computer skills at Brooklyn at the time, and you needed college for that), but I suspect it came back and bit 'em in the ass exactly the way you described.
They're not gonna make that "mistake" again.
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Finkelstein
The lying and lofty leaders of the WTS. Corporation have caused thousands perhaps millions a
surmountable level of grief, anguish and poverty but they did sell millions pieces of literature for
themselves and increase their over all financial position.
Through lying and deceived the general public they are now sitting on a billion dollars of assets.
The organization did well for itself.
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scotoma
There is a serious falacy in that report. It is assumed that the people that don't go to college don't earn as much because they didn't go to college.
The real reason that the people who don't go to college earn less is that they actually have lower IQs to begin with. Most people who don't go to college would probably not even be able to make the grades to get a degree.
Education is a business and it's a shame that they wave the income carrot in front of people as an incentive. Especially in the USA.
Businesses demand that people train themselves so that the businesses that are going to utilize their training can exploit that resource.
Business should test people for ability and then they should pay the bill for their education. Many jobs could be learned through on the job training supplemented with courses designed for specific needs.
It used to be that people went to college to expand their knowledge. Now it is primarily to increase their value to some enterprise that reaps the benefits without sharing in the risks.
Of course I am speaking primarily about the USA.
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jgnat
Besides, labour jobs took the biggest hit during the recent downturn. And there will be fewer labour jobs in the future. There's a reason our grandparents, who lived through the Great Depression, insisted on an education for their children, and insisted on saving for a rainy day.
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/education/cb11-72.html
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/05/03/understanding-the-painfully-slow-jobs-recovery/