So yesrerday, at a time a few hours later that my earlier... less coherent blog post I find myself catching the tail end of the schools "Graduate school fair" or whatever you want to call it. Personally... I find the concept of grad school as just one last chance for the system to squeeze more money out of you. We are unfortunately not here to talk about that, another time maybe. What I do want to share with you is something that seem a little silly, yet also makes a lot of business Spence for the school in question in the title of this post.
I was walking around and as you may be able to tell already in a pessimistic mood about the whole fair taking place on campus. I am seeing schools that I whenever heard of nor plan to attend. I feel no I'll will towards the people behind the tables because in the end, they are just doing their jobs. We all gotta make a living don't we? I ain't got no problem with them. What sets me off, first in a bit of confusion, followed by amusement.
As shown below in a poorly taken picture on my tablet there were I fact 3 to 4 tables promoting the school that was putting on the fair. If this shows anything I think that it at very least reveals that schools are after our money still in the grand scheme of things. In this case, it's the school knowing it has you and trying not to loose you to somewhere else. They can spout off about how they want what Oscar best for the sstudents but I'm the end other is still a business and they have shown that this fact is not forgotten. I think maybe I should perhaps stop at this rate. For the silent fact that I commend you for even reading this far, and that I may soon become suspicious that I should be expected to be silenced on the matter with a laser dot sight on my forehead or something ifni don't shut up. Either Wayne hope have enjoyed the ridiculousness .
I agree. The school has proven itself to be a business. Just look at the ammount of charges that are on our bills at the beginning of a semester. Sure some of them are optional, but like the grad fair, they apply the charges to those who for the most part won't remove them. Eighty-something dollars to park on campus plus another $19 or so to cover the mandatory tag for you window. I agree with you. Rediculousness.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I understand that Plattsburgh is trying to rep themselves here, but they should allow the other schools equal opportunity to advertise, and the same equal opportunity for the students to explore other options.
I agree with the posts above. In a field like journalism/communication it really isn't necessary to continue on to grad school. It's just more money to spend. I personlly think that having an internship is 10 times better then attending grad school.
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