tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310981.post3575051034200865541..comments2024-03-04T07:45:15.155-07:00Comments on Hackman's Musings: Hate To Agree With Santorum, But...Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494823779999456396noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310981.post-7378105689430894472012-01-08T06:44:56.206-07:002012-01-08T06:44:56.206-07:00Two corrections:
Of course President Obama's ...Two corrections:<br /><br />Of course President Obama's first name is Barack, not Barck.<br /><br />I would suggest a gap year AFTER high school graduation.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978016568840318921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310981.post-74558454739738694342012-01-08T06:42:26.237-07:002012-01-08T06:42:26.237-07:00Andrew, thanks so much for saying this. I apprecia...Andrew, thanks so much for saying this. I appreciate the fact that (a) there are points on which you and Rick Santorum can agree (just as I might agree, in principal, with Barck Obama)and you are a big enough person to admit that and (b) you give an educator's perspective. <br /><br />My third and final child just finished his first semester of college. My wife and I have scrimped, saved and sacrificed so they could all go, thus far with no debt. I don't regret it a bit. There are a lot of benefits there other than the academic ones. It's each person's choice (and his/her parents if they are helping).<br /><br />I have come to the conclusion, however, that it is NOT totally necessary, as demonstrated by Santorum's example of the auto mechanic and your examples of your friend and your dad. <br /><br />If I had it to over again, and this is another blog post in itself, I would encourage each of my kids to do a "gap" year of high school and/or go to community college, then have a meaningful discussion with me and their mom about college and which one is right for them, if any. Although I do not regret sending them to college, I do regret that we took this track just because it seemed the thing to do and is what 99% of their peers were doing.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15978016568840318921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310981.post-29175232086472418512012-01-07T20:22:05.443-07:002012-01-07T20:22:05.443-07:00I think Santorum is right at least this once. But...I think Santorum is right at least this once. But I find it ironic that a man who seems to want to put the Government in charge of the nation's bedrooms should speak against "the snobbery of those who think they can run our lives"Paul Sunstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02462598852553696040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310981.post-8703421293204323352012-01-07T11:55:15.081-07:002012-01-07T11:55:15.081-07:00I agree with you 100% that there are different way...I agree with you 100% that there are different ways of being intelligent and not all of them are the result of a life spent in academia.<br /><br />As far as Santorum goes, though, this is just a bunch of conservative, flying off the handle, you are not the boss of me noise. I don't know the direct quote from the president, but I can only imagine that the point of it was that further education is a good thing, and as prosperous as our country is in comparison to other parts of the world, we should be a nation wherein any child who wishes to should have the opportunity to go to college. <br /><br />I call this tendency among uber-conservatives "adventures in missing the point." If the president or any person with liberal leanings makes a statement, there has to be something wrong with it, it has to be polarizing, it has to signal the end of good morals and the beginning of the end times. <br /><br />Santorum would have some loud speech to make if the president said, "I like a good burger now and again."Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09591981716535134038noreply@blogger.com