When I get there, I hope there will be a Rand campus club- and if there isn't one, I'll start it!

Hello Mama - my daughter is a nursing student. She is having a difficult time because of her Objectivist views. What's sad is that the other students actively encourage the new young students not to disagree with their teachers, or they may fail out of the program.

My daughter was listening to a group of students talk about a girl, who the previous semester, received a B instead of an A because she was outspoken about the individualized medical care. My daughter, after hearing a few of the examples, realized they were referring to her.

My daughter has, because of a genetic disorder that reared its ugly head when she was 6 months old,, quite a bit experience on the patient side of medical care. This has resulted in her not only having the physical and psychological experience of being a frequent flyer patient but an acute awareness of the changes that have taken place in how health care is administered. Changes such as in patient-doctor relationships and the involvement in cost as a deciding factor, rather than medical need, for treatments that are offered as a result of increasing government involvement.

Liberal political policy is taught right alongside every medical subject. I was amazed at how it was squeezed in with even anatomy.

What is most interesting is my daughter states the other students don't appear to even realize there are other schools of thought...and become fidgety and angry when she expresses her point of view. The majority do this even as they are stating that what is happening doesn't appear to be right. They just can't pinpoint why certain statements made by the instructor don't appear "right."

Seems as if some kids are forever walking around in a state of cognitive dissonance.

well Hello,mama!
I was appalled that my kids had to do a semester project (for entrance into college) of community service. It included a project at the end where they had list off what they learned about the poor and disadvantaged in the community-NOT anything about what the community was doing well. The Food bank, which I used to sit in some committees for, loved the slave labor. The most eye-opening experiences my kids witnessed had to do with people convicted who had community service as part of their sentencing. gah!

hey, Emma -- All Lives Matter

especially youngsters!!! -- j
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Mama Emma... is there any kind of website or other clearinghouse where evidence of that kind of stupidity and immorality can be listed, posted and offered up to try to educate people who think all colleges and universities today are actually offering 'useful educations'???

Link, suggestions, volunteers?

Thank you. I intend to be a molecular biologist; do you have degree programs in molecular biology?

"- if an individual cannot plan, he or she cannot predict.

- If an individual cannot predict, he or she cannot identify cause and effect.

- If an individual cannot identify cause and effect, he or she cannot identify consequence.

- If an individual cannot identify consequence, he or she cannot control impulsivity.

- If an individual cannot control impulsivity, he or she has an inclination to criminal
behavior."

Thank you for the article. What I find interesting is, in my experience of observing later middle class generations, the rules of generational poverty are spilling over into the middle class.

As the article states, poverty is relative. Based on applying what I just read with what I have observed, a number of the middle class are becoming working poor. At least, for a time, they still have the option of following the hidden generational middle class rules...those rules are just becoming more difficult to find.

Your link is not working.

That's very interesting. It rings true. My wife was from a poor background, and she tell me about these things.

Jimjames: An excellent study! And an insight into the power of words/language and the ability to express oneself as a tool in mediating the structure of poverty. Thank you for this jewel.

Thank you, Jan, for looking into it. I've read a lot about CRISPR and Cas9 research as part of my Science Olympiad events (Protein Modeling in particular). It's an exciting field of research and I might (key word) be willing to tolerate a Berkelian. Maybe.
I've looking into Florida Tech's research projects and there are none associated with CRISPR or Cas.

“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”
- Ben Franklin

It would definitely not be in his train of thought.

Hillsdale College is a great institution. It is a beautiful area. My in-laws used to run Hillsdale Beauty College until they retired a couple of years ago.

I'll definitely check out Hillsdale College, I'll let you know what I think of it.

I've been aware of the mess for quite a while, I'm doing my best to stay strong.

Thank you for your advice john, I've been looking quite a bit and I have not yet found a college that is offering me value. I'm definitely going to look at all of the colleges mentioned in this thread.