Nick W.I am older, more opinionated, and I'm headed back to class this spring term — therefore I do have opinions about such matters.
When they wrote that #Oregon college freshman typically take 45 credits over the course of one year that seemed high. So I looked this up.
The typical student takes around four years to complete their undergraduate studies and get a degree in their chosen field.
This is what I call the "rat race." KATU is at fault here. They think 45 credits is entirely normal for a college student to take during their first year. No, that kind of effort is not ordinary to me unless you plan to graduate in three years' time.
So — We have a stark divide here in broad swathes of American society. Some of us who are wiser feel that this ultra-competitiveness can lead to separation from people, polarization of thought, or cause more anxiety with everyone who's attending class and trying to keep up with homework, tests, paying bills, navigating their life, and paying rent too.
I don't think it's the youths. It's the bosses of corporations who need a reality check. It is KATU who is toeing the line here for Trump's and the Salesforce CEO's bastions within corporate America, and I think it is also the school admins deliberately raising the cost of tuition because in part they desire that people graduate and leave their institutions sooner than the way it used to be, and the students oblige SINCE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BE IN COLLEGE FOR FOUR YEARS even when they're using their financial aid. Did I miss anything? As younger folks, we have our school tests, lots of homework, we must pay our bills or lose service, go out on dates even at my age, and make sure the rent is turned in on time... I have to say to all the gray hairs pushing buttons and running the operations: just drop your rat race belief system. Go to hell if what you're thinking ain't alright. This is my contention.
To you sages who are all ensconced inside your Ivory Towers and issue your decrees from on high over the fate of us all — we, who only wish to be educated; well goodbye, and thanks for all the browser cookies generated by your slow, stupid websites tracking everything for both Google and Meta's AI scraping of OUR content stored on THEIR Cloud infrastructure. Think about it, and I'll be seeing some of you during spring term.
