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re: Colleges Have a Guy Problem (The Atlantic)

Posted on 9/15/21 at 3:14 pm to
Posted by UnitedFruitCompany
Bay Area
Member since Nov 2018
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 3:14 pm to
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What trades are making $100k quickly?


Just about any roofer who can fog a mirror in South LA every 4 weeks or so for the immediate future.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
113903 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 3:35 pm to
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Oh really? How many cane fields to you regularly tour?




I don't really have to go tour any cane fields considering I pretty much have cane fields all around me. Literally.

About 3 miles from my house there is housing on the land the sugar cane farmers lease, that house the Mexican workers.

Every Friday evening during cane season they do their shopping at walmart (that's when they get paid). Would you like me to get you video of who is doing the work.
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 5:19 pm to
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This post was edited on 9/15/21 at 5:20 pm
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
41237 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 5:37 pm to
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How many are getting education degrees versus engineering degrees?

From my lunch group during high school - there were 5 of us girls: two are engineers, one is a pharmacist, one has a PhD in education, and then there’s me
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
53722 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 5:42 pm to
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"American colleges and universities now enroll roughly six women for every four men. This is the largest female-male gender gap in the history of higher education, and it’s getting wider. Last year, U.S. colleges enrolled 1.5 million fewer students than five years ago, The Wall Street Journal recently reported. Men accounted for more than 70 percent of the decline."

This is all pointless because we live in a time where we can't tell the difference between a man and a woman.

:weirdenvirogirlhowdareyou.gif:
Posted by McCaigBro69
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Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:15 pm to
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You mean Americans aren't going to do it.. Because I see a lot of Mexicans doing the hard work. That's who I see in the cane fields, etc, etc, etc..


A lot of those guys come over and don’t speak a lick of English. What do you expect them to do? They are lucky they have that and clearly don’t mind it too much since nobody is forcing them to stay.

I work in construction and the crews where I work are probably 40% Hispanic, 40% white, 20% Black

Anyone thinking it’s literally only Hispanics is a moron.

Posted by Bourre
Da Parish
Member since Nov 2012
20197 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:20 pm to
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Last year, U.S. colleges enrolled 1.5 million fewer students than five years ago, The Wall Street Journal recently reported. Men accounted for more than 70 percent of the decline."


It appears that these colleges, who chased males off campus, are worried about continuing to lose money because of declining enrollment of males. Shocker
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
30237 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:21 pm to
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wish at 18-20, i would have gone the tech school route


You and me both. Also, it’s like I made the same bad decision repetitively because i often thought in my 20’s and 30’s to go to BRCC for an analyser/instrumentation associates degree but I never did do it. I think I would have been happier if I did that for a living.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164082 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:24 pm to
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my oldest wants to go to Baylor and get an MD... and i am strongly strongly encouraging him to look into a trade. i'm not paying for a pre-med degree at a private school.

The world needs ditch diggers too.
Posted by NIH
Member since Aug 2008
112555 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:27 pm to
Only on the OT are parents wanting their kids to become plumbers over doctors
Posted by Antonio Moss
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
48296 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:16 pm to
The entire American educational system is geared toward women. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that women outnumber in higher education.
Posted by McCaigBro69
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:22 pm to
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my oldest wants to go to Baylor and get an MD


I am a Baylor baw. They give a LOT in scholarships. It’s possible they could go for state school cost if they have the right qualifications.

Unless they get scholarships I would highly urge them to go to a public school, unless you have the cash to pay for 70-80% of their tuition because it’s INSANE.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72033 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:25 pm to
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Only on the OT are parents wanting their kids to become plumbers over doctors
Scruffy would recommend his kid not become a doctor.

Maybe not plumber.

That isn’t exactly a sentiment that is unheard of in medicine either.

Lawyers tend to tell their kids to not go to law school too.
This post was edited on 9/15/21 at 7:28 pm
Posted by Rick9Plus
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2020
1710 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:26 pm to
So in theory, the college dating scene should be getting better for guys (and i guess lesbians too.)
Posted by Gus007
TN
Member since Jul 2018
11970 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:37 pm to
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Look at an average plumber and an average doctor.

I remember driving across northern Mississippi several year ago. I stopped three times before I found a restroom that was operational. I remember thinking, they don't need more engineers they need more plumbers.
Posted by School for Ants
Member since Aug 2011
33 posts
Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:48 pm to
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This article was clearly not written by a STEM major.


I'm not a STEM major and it was the first thing I noticed in OP.
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