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  • College is going to be one of the biggest investments of your life, which is why you should just trust what the student loan companies tell you without even thinking twice about how much you could be screwed after school has ended.
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  • @Chris-fj6pr
    @Chris-fj6pr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5727

    “Scamming kids into debt for the next 20-50 years is what we specialize in”
    - Every modern day US college

    • @LowkeyHundo
      @LowkeyHundo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      Simz Zxy I disagree. Intelligent people can be scammed if they don’t have the proper information on matters or are misguided. Many doctors have 60k in loans, and they’re medical professionals. To say one is mentally stupid for being scammed is ignorant.

    • @xD-uy1xj
      @xD-uy1xj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      If you cant repay the debt then dont fucking take it in the first place dumbass

    • @chavonazary264
      @chavonazary264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      That's what America has become, a business. No one cares about each other anymore.🤦

    • @raoulbrise1153
      @raoulbrise1153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Ricardo Santos iiiiiiii

    • @raoulbrise1153
      @raoulbrise1153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Ricardo Santos uuuui

  • @patrickpitchford6764
    @patrickpitchford6764 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4327

    The best advice EVER for a college freshman:
    *chuckling: "You don't know anything about anything."

    • @l21n18
      @l21n18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah

    • @StephJ0seph
      @StephJ0seph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      fair.

    • @l21n18
      @l21n18 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      스테파니 Stephanie 조셉 no

    • @scruf153
      @scruf153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      only fools go to college i did not go i have everything i own paid off no morgage no car payment no nothing i'm 44

    • @l21n18
      @l21n18 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      new mobile smart

  • @Aethelbeorn
    @Aethelbeorn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +572

    I love how colleges let us kids make an important step into debt when the school system you come out of doesn't even prepare you for budgeting your bills.

    • @lunakoala5053
      @lunakoala5053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      At least the last part is true everywhere tho. We don't have tuition and your student debt (for living expanses, not tuition) is kept at 10k, it can't go above it.
      But we didn't learn any basic life skill beside maths (which you could basically ignore after 7th grade for most walks of life) in our entire 13 years.
      I do know some basic biology stuff that was already outdated when I learned it, to what would probably amount to watching 3 decently made youtube videos about those topics.
      Maybe 5 youtube videos worth of history. 1 youtube video worth of geopolitical topics, half a season's worth of watching an english TV show in English.
      Enough latin to sometimes get some trivia knowledge sprinkled in when reading latin animal names on wikipedia, but not enough to half-way accurately translate an entire sentence from classical latin.
      I've learned how to write essays on books I've never read in german literature.
      How to fake my mothers signature to get out of PE class.
      I unironically think this is it. This was my 13 years of school.

    • @angefabricenda560
      @angefabricenda560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lunakoala5053 hahaha
      The internet has so much information to give

    • @workingshlub8861
      @workingshlub8861 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      they teach you how to make alot of money but no clue how to manage it....

    • @zuzanazuscinova5209
      @zuzanazuscinova5209 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank your crappy parents for that. They should be the ones teaching you.

    • @vininho
      @vininho 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@workingshlub8861they teach how to make a lot of money? Really? HAHAHAHA

  • @noisyboy844
    @noisyboy844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1543

    “When your parents went to college, they could pay for it with a Summer job”. Holy sh*t, that’s exactly what I was able to do back in 1990. I graduated with ZERO student loans.

    • @mofro415
      @mofro415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Yep and its been f'd now thanks to things like government assistant. Glad im in the union trades and my schooling is "free" (paid for with dues but its inexpensive on an individual level)

    • @nooneimportant2787
      @nooneimportant2787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      It's what I did in 2010. Also zero student loans. Turns out if you really want to you can graduate w/o student loans. Just takes gratification delay, good planning, and hard work.

    • @noisyboy844
      @noisyboy844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@nooneimportant2787 exactly right, something some people just don’t get or are willing to not do, hard work and delay in gratification. 👍🏻

    • @BlazingDarkness
      @BlazingDarkness 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I was planning on doing the same but my parents ended up paying college for me because they wanted me to be able to spend my own earned money on other things. I ain't complaining.

    • @noisyboy844
      @noisyboy844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@BlazingDarkness neither would I. Enjoy.

  • @jasonbrown4526
    @jasonbrown4526 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2328

    "You don't know anything about anything."
    That is some real truth.

    • @CMDRArcanic
      @CMDRArcanic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      basically everyone going into and currently in college

    • @Catboy.
      @Catboy. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And yet boomers voted trump into office 🤦‍♂️

    • @donnabrahamworsley5857
      @donnabrahamworsley5857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ok... I am breathing right now yay I know something

    • @krazytroutcatcher
      @krazytroutcatcher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Slippery Sauce This was happening way before Trump.
      You really do need to learn, it’s a boomer telling you the story, boomers are trying to tell you not to fall into the trap they fell into.
      After all, you don’t know anything about anything.

    • @imperiumoccidentis7351
      @imperiumoccidentis7351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Catboy. Ok zoomer

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5110

    Student Loans: I'm gonna end this person's whole career.
    Student: You mean start? 😰

    • @fulcrum2951
      @fulcrum2951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +303

      Student Loans:"did i stutter? "

    • @supernana7263
      @supernana7263 5 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Student loan: *uno reverse*
      Student: oooh

    • @helena_8478
      @helena_8478 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Student Loans: yea, that

    • @Wickedonezz
      @Wickedonezz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah I agree if you would've said "man" I would've been triggered

    • @demonicentity4u481
      @demonicentity4u481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Still a stupid meme

  • @EmeraldJEM710
    @EmeraldJEM710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    I didn't go to college and everyone told me how big of a mistake I was making. People truly told me that I wasn't going to amount to anything and I was terrified. Not going to college wasn't even an option that my high school even prepared us for. Now I'm 45 years old, debt free and making more than most of my friends who did go to college. In hindsight, it was the best decision I ever made and all I had to do was ignore all the Roger Hortons who were trying to scare the shit out of me.

    • @the_kombinator
      @the_kombinator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I'm 38, I went to a 3 year technical college and then a BA in IT (took me 5 years) - paid off before I even graduated. How? Worked in the field, didn't spend my loan on a new car or some other dumb shit, focused on school and worked hard. THAT'S what's missing these days - parental preparation about finances and the willingness to work for something. I know one, maybe two examples of people who did not go to post secondary that live comfortably. The rest did go, but were not snowflakes who spent their time protesting bullshit things that will never come to pass and instead focused their limited time and resources on an end goal that was attainable if they (gasp) worked for it.
      Whether you go or don't go to post secondary, the seeds of financial independence must be planted at a young age. That and an entrepreneurial spirit helps out.
      Entitlement is the new lazy, and as a worker for a University (not academia), I've seen this get worse and worse among the students over the decades.

    • @lunakoala5053
      @lunakoala5053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@the_kombinator Working for personal success? Get outta here!

    • @drebodollaz3504
      @drebodollaz3504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do you make good money?

    • @the_kombinator
      @the_kombinator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@lunakoala5053 LOL who's other success would I work for? I'm not rich, the less time I have the more work I have, seems to be that way. It's OK, I'm not complaining, others have it worse. No ragrets.

    • @lunakoala5053
      @lunakoala5053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@the_kombinator that's not what I meant. It was a joke. "Wow somebody is actually willing to work for his success" might have been phrased a bit better.

  • @whitehusky3
    @whitehusky3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    My son spent a year after high school working a full-time job and saving almost every penny. He's going to start college in a month, and it's all paid for with a Pell grant, a small scholarship, and the money he saved up. He won't have to take out any student loans. I'm very proud of him and very relieved he won't have that debt hanging over his head when he graduates. He'll be able to get an engineering job with a clean slate.

    • @negativeiq6718
      @negativeiq6718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I doubt a year of full time off a high school diploma and government grants will cover everything for 4 years depending on the school.

    • @whitehusky3
      @whitehusky3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@negativeiq6718 It is. The government grant covers everything.

    • @dapred00
      @dapred00 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't know much about life in the US but an engineering job after one year of studies makes me suspicious. I would rather think of 4-5 years as a minimum therefore requiring a loan.

    • @whitehusky3
      @whitehusky3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dapred00 It isn't one year of studies. It's two years for an Associate's Degree and four years for a Bachelor's.

    • @mrwednesdaynight
      @mrwednesdaynight ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That must have been in the 80s. I'd love to know how someone could work at save 40,000 to 80,000 to get an engineering degree with only a high school diploma.

  • @annefrank7380
    @annefrank7380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2838

    1.2 trillion $ 😂😂😂
    it's 1.6 trillion now - January 2020

    • @ageamiu8923
      @ageamiu8923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      That’s just the US?!

    • @starsymcdoodle6965
      @starsymcdoodle6965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I just paid my $115 worth of applications! My wallet js all warmed up for that now!.....hooray....

    • @wojtekpolska1013
      @wojtekpolska1013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@ageamiu8923 US is a whole i guess cuz other civilized countries have free education lmao

    • @mclarenf1gtrlmedition715
      @mclarenf1gtrlmedition715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      HOLY MLG

    • @fernandaabreu5625
      @fernandaabreu5625 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@wojtekpolska1013 There's no free lunch.

  • @kamtarbol
    @kamtarbol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3013

    Every high school graduate needs to watch this before going to college

    • @footage6402
      @footage6402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      Problem is all highschoolers think they're special and have delusions that in college they'llactually try this time and make something huge of themselves. Teenage future dreams will always be preyed on.

    • @morpheus6749
      @morpheus6749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Every high school graduate needs to watch this before deciding to major in gender studies.

    • @billy-ps7jz
      @billy-ps7jz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      hey idiot, if u wanna be a hs dropout then that's ur problem

    • @skide6720
      @skide6720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      im in highschool is this legit?

    • @adrianflare7951
      @adrianflare7951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@skide6720 Do not apply to ANY college or university without extensive research and planning.
      Please do yourself a favor and not follow in the footsteps of morons who got expensive worthless degrees.

  • @stevenbutcher4565
    @stevenbutcher4565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    This is why I'm at community. My dream school wanted 40k per semester. He has really good points. Honestly, community isn't bad like people say it is. It is beneficial to you. It's two years free. Community might not be as big as a four-year university, but it doesn't mean it should be looked down upon. With this route, you can graduate with little to no debt.

    • @sophiablass3379
      @sophiablass3379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Genuinely asking: why don’t you (young americans) come to europe for college? The UK is pretty expensive for overseas students (around 25k per year) and Germany, for example, has very good universities but undergraduate courses are mostly in german (although in some prestigious private universities there are courses in English as well - around 9000€ per year), but other countries, like the Netherlands, have very respected universities (among the top 50), with very low tuition fees, and it’s very easy to fund courses in English... I’m just saying this because, as a European, it’s very common to hear my colleagues talk about wanting to go to college in the USA and of course they are driven by the reputation of the universities, but the cost is a huge problem and a lot of us wanting to study abroad simply go to another EU country...

    • @stevenbutcher4565
      @stevenbutcher4565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@sophiablass3379 ngl Sophia, that be awesome. I’ve always wanted to go to the UK in general and it would be awesome to do some abroad classes, I just don’t have the money.

    • @pasdpasse439
      @pasdpasse439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@stevenbutcher4565 but it still will be cheaper than studying in a US college

    • @stevenbutcher4565
      @stevenbutcher4565 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pasdpasse439 im not doubting that

    • @emilymacdougall184
      @emilymacdougall184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@sophiablass3379 honestly I don’t think enough students are encouraged to explore other countries education systems as an option. Unfortunately also many professional fields in america require an accredited degree if you want to become licensed in your career, and these degrees are only offered at select American colleges

  • @Flamespark32
    @Flamespark32 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    “Did the man who invented college, go to college?” - Hopsin

  • @castrochristian103
    @castrochristian103 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2131

    I wish they showed these videos on National Television just to wake up people before making extreme serious life changing decisions

    • @invaderzim1265
      @invaderzim1265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Spread the word through word of mouth or the Internet. TH-cam is a great place to start!
      I am.

    • @macioluko9484
      @macioluko9484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Thankfully "national television" is losing its captive audience by the hour. TH-cam is stealing its lunch!

    • @invaderzim1265
      @invaderzim1265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@macioluko9484
      Yup, I haven't had cable and stopped watching the news since, I think, since 1996.

    • @MrSherhi
      @MrSherhi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      everybody marks current young generation as "google generation" in my country...after few years of teaching on university I call bullshit on that...why national television, all you need is google yet the only thing young poeple can google up are celebrities and where to buy new xpensive clothing...stop blaming the government when everything you can possibly know about a subject like this is online

    • @Ndasuunye
      @Ndasuunye 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MrSherhi its because of both buddy. Stop blinding yourself because you're old

  • @matthewgillespie2835
    @matthewgillespie2835 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1249

    1:03- "you don’t know anything about anything" lol

    • @jasonmcmechan2072
      @jasonmcmechan2072 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Matthew Gillespie There’s plenty of evidence for God’s existence! For one, over 500 people saw Christ after his death at the same time, Dead Sea Scrolls, House of David inscription, multiple Roman documents confirming not only the existence of Christ, but about how the things said in gospels about his actions are accurate, and the simple fact the life cannot exist without a God, whether you use the Big Bang theory version with the first sub atom or finite energy, neither of which could not occur without a creator to set things in motion.

    • @joekaput747
      @joekaput747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lukamitrovic7873 wait, I got this

    • @joekaput747
      @joekaput747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lukamitrovic7873 okay, I gave it a shot. Let's see what happens

    • @lukamitrovic7873
      @lukamitrovic7873 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@joekaput747 LOL

    • @annerison
      @annerison 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's fair 😂😂

  • @HuanchaoShen
    @HuanchaoShen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Student loan was such a novel concept to me when I first heard about it. In my country, a child’s education is his parents’ responsibility and a parent’s retirement is the child’s responsibility.

    • @grass7864
      @grass7864 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fair enough, but our parents are broke now too. They can't even begin to cover the cost of tuition.

    • @lunakoala5053
      @lunakoala5053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@grass7864 That's where the government steps in, at least in germany. We don't have tuition anyway, but your parents are obliged to pay for your living expenses while doing so.
      If they can't, you'll get Bafög, which is a student loan, but you only have to pay it back party. At least 50% of it free money.
      Then when you start working, you'll pay into the pension fund, which is used to fund all those currently in retirement. You then pray to god, santa claus and the easter bunny that this system is actually still working when you're going to retire, so that your children can in effect pay for your retirement. Or somebody elses children. Anybody who's still working.

    • @aika7974
      @aika7974 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lunakoala5053 this system is broken. Wait until the population decrease and you'll understand why.

    • @lunakoala5053
      @lunakoala5053 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aika7974 bad example. With a decrease in population you'd have less students to pay for and (relatively) more rich old dudes to pay for it.
      Retirements funds and care for the elderly are powder kegs. Free/cheap education is not. Quite the opposite.

    • @ShayKMBR
      @ShayKMBR 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How TF is a parents retirement the child's responsibility? The parent CHOSE to have a child so they are OBLIGATED to pay for their education. The child has 0 obligation to their parents - they should have planned their own retirement so as not to burden their children. They CHOSE the burden of children.

  • @jonahward4522
    @jonahward4522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    This is so depressing and proves a corrupt system

    • @MrPink-cn5rr
      @MrPink-cn5rr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ahh yes life where you creat your own hell without even knowing it

  • @datguyquincy
    @datguyquincy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1967

    "when they were in college, they could pay for it with a summer job" 😂😂😂

    • @emjay1606
      @emjay1606 5 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      Lol, it was literally 200 a semester.

    • @walidzein1
      @walidzein1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      According to my father this is true, he used to pay his tuition from working at a gas station back in the 70’s no joke

    • @datguyquincy
      @datguyquincy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Wolf wooow! That's crazy!

    • @lateral1385
      @lateral1385 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True

    • @robertog7362
      @robertog7362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Aprox how much u pay for a semester in a decent college in usa, i currently study in a public college in mexico with "good rep" but it's nasty af, i want to go into a exchange but i heard college tuition were super expensive

  • @tomwright9870
    @tomwright9870 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15961

    This is just Adam ruins everything but more depressing

    • @vulpinedeity3379
      @vulpinedeity3379 7 ปีที่แล้ว +488

      You mean that guy who's usually wrong? I wouldn't put much stock in him if I were you.

    • @mikey6724
      @mikey6724 7 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      About what was Adam wrong then?!

    • @vulpinedeity3379
      @vulpinedeity3379 7 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      I've not seen the specific video, but he is wrong about everything I've ever heard him say, so why would this be different?

    • @mikey6724
      @mikey6724 7 ปีที่แล้ว +209

      This isn't Adam, this is Roger. And I just wanted to know about what Adam was wrong.

    • @slashb7836
      @slashb7836 7 ปีที่แล้ว +308

      Adam's usually pretty on-point and shows his sources

  • @LiquidKnockOut
    @LiquidKnockOut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I was coaxed into getting a student loan by one of my family members. My first instinct was to quit and figure out something else while I was still debt free. He convinced me to take out loans and keep going. I never finished school and now have over $90,000 in student debt. Wish I never took out that loan and stuck to my original plan.

  • @swflcostalmediallc5621
    @swflcostalmediallc5621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The fact that this is not considered predatory lending is beyond my mind

    • @simplytom1213
      @simplytom1213 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Knowledge is priceless, how is college a scam if knowledge is priceless?

  • @leotimtom6637
    @leotimtom6637 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2988

    The most important phrase you will learn in college- `` May I take your order ?``

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Do you want fries with that? LOL

    • @wojtekpolska1013
      @wojtekpolska1013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@my3dviews is pepsi okay?

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@wojtekpolska1013 No. No it's not. :-)

    • @Torch_of_Sin
      @Torch_of_Sin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Isaac Whitelol a karen would totally complain about a Pepsi to a manager because they don't sell coke. 😂

    • @nathanmogollan5370
      @nathanmogollan5370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What a burn

  • @Maniac1607
    @Maniac1607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5978

    This would be funny if it weren't completely true.

    • @derayend6939
      @derayend6939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      So, is it funny?

    • @jeffo.1916
      @jeffo.1916 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@derayend6939 no

    • @purelovexist
      @purelovexist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      It is funny, the joke is on us

    • @samhui5039
      @samhui5039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@purelovexist Sad but true

    • @9rh9
      @9rh9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      As a European this channel is quite enjoyable.

  • @radianttadpole6363
    @radianttadpole6363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    We’ve known this about student loan debt for at least 20 years. An entire generation… and yet students and their families continue to fall for this trap.

    • @qwertyuioppoiqwe
      @qwertyuioppoiqwe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      People are idiots

    • @jackhughes7925
      @jackhughes7925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@qwertyuioppoiqwe Some of us do not have a choice.. I want to be a music teacher, and its physically impossible to find any public school teaching job without a masters in music ed. Trust me and believe me, wish I wasnt, but this is out of my control, unless of course I just give up on my teaching dreams.

    • @mockgem7851
      @mockgem7851 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      & our tax dollars are going to bail them out

    • @angefabricenda560
      @angefabricenda560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's called ignorance
      And they think that College is the only to succeed so what do you expect?

    • @ASmith-jn7kf
      @ASmith-jn7kf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Why can't you be an independent music teacher?? I highly doubt any parent cares if you have a degree in music versus whether you can teach their child.

  • @F4Effort
    @F4Effort 2 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Imagine living in a country that DOESNT set kids up for failure

  • @masterstepz9800
    @masterstepz9800 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2679

    Just what I need to see right as I'm about to go to College.

    • @Nathan-tg4gu
      @Nathan-tg4gu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      As long as you choose the right field and work your butt off to market and develop yourself as an organizational asset, college will be the investment it's supposed to be. Don't be like the fools who borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans so they can learn about art history, drink at parties, and waste funds on lavish spending, only to end up broke the rest of their lives.
      College is expensive. There's no doubt. But playing it right will make it profitable in the long run. The only reason to fear the system is if you let it win. Don't.

    • @patthonsirilim5739
      @patthonsirilim5739 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      college aint a waste of time its just mostly a waste of time if you take most of its courses for example if your taking science engineering accounting economics laws or medical field then yes it might be worth the cost but you can get all of those certificate and qualification from any qualified institute a phd is a phd regardless of where you got it from what really matter is your real world results like a driving licence everybody needs one but after that point nobody give a shit which dmv you got it from if im a composite company im looking for a person who's qualified to handle manufacture or sell composite products regardless or where he studied even if its a trade school going to college with a bs degree like how to play games liberal arts and women's rights activist or whatever money pit degree is a waste of time and money and should be label as entertainment instead that even a degree on how to be a fucking elf from the fantasy world good luck finding work of that the problem is that in the real world most jobs don't require a license certifying your qualified and the job that do doesn't mean you need to go to college to acquire such qualification to apply for example a macdonald manger course is technically a degree from an institute its called macdonald training center which you do need to be a macdonald manager in a mcdonald restaurant and you don't get that kind of education from college only from macdonald do you acquire such a degree to operate in that exact field of employment and so many more field of work require you to get a specific license or qualification to gain employment like lorry driver heavy machinery operator

    • @patthonsirilim5739
      @patthonsirilim5739 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i can explain it very simply why education is more relevant to the higher income household its a very simple explanation the richer you are the more money you have to spend on things that you like like treasury education do you know they called it treasury education its because its not necessary if it was it would have been called primary education even high school education is just a deeper learning of the field you learn in primary school have you the notice the higher the education ladder you step the less amount of varieties you learn until you get to the point like phd where you only literally learn one exact specific field and is an expert of that only specific thing you see like a nice a car it would be great and make your life in general better from its improve comfort or desirable traits if you can afford it and it has no real effect on your lively hood like a good car education pro and con have to be weight for the wealthy perspective education bring many benefits first is vanity from the fact that there educated like wealth you can wear it like some form of fashion secondly it does make them smarter then the average person in some specific topic which can only be a good thing and the cost of such benefit and advantage to them the wealthy is negligible like a nice car if you can easily afford it then its worth it the improve of your daily life is worth the cost but if your broke and poor getting an expensive education is less beneficial to you since it provide you with less of the benefits and cost in proportion to your meagre income alot more like buying a very nice as a poor man car which you have to struggle like hell just to pay of the monthly note and its improvement surly as hell doesn't cover the hardship that comes out from buying such a car with that level of income so therefore education especially the higher levels are like a luxury product it only improve your life if you can afford it so of course the rich would educate himself since its cheaper to them in proportional to their income comparing to the poor and the advantage and knowledge the 2 households get are of equal worth but the 2 household pays a different sacrifice of there income to acquire the same knowledge and benefits that is why the richer you are the more likely you will be willing to spend on education and that statistc you stated is pointless since the moment a poor person is rich he will be willing to spend that neglegible amount on his children education therefore that why is very common to see higher income houshold educated like a nice car its mostly own by wealthy familes

    • @Nathan-tg4gu
      @Nathan-tg4gu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      You do realize that college students are not rich, spoiled aristocrats with disposable income to burn on education, right? That's not why education correlates with income.
      Increases in income occur AFTER the education is reached. This means that education is the cause of income, not the result of it. Huge difference.
      In fact, most college students take out loans to pay for their education and work at minimum wage jobs and paid internships to help pay for their degree. Very few pay their way through with their parents money and walk out scotch free. It's not like a college degree is a luxury for students. It's something they have to risk a lot for. Some just choose to waste their investment by burning their time and learning useless fields.
      You're right that colleges force you to take pointless courses, but that doesn't affect whether or not it is pragmatically worth getting a degree. The end result, if done correctly, is a stronger financial future and better job security. I don't know why you're treating every certificate as equal. Employers are the ones who dictate what certificates are necessary to be qualified for certain jobs, and those tend to be the ones that come from college. So my point stands.
      Also, your lack of punctuation bothers me heavily.

    • @patthonsirilim5739
      @patthonsirilim5739 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      i stand by what i said most of the college course are useless that is true unless your gonna use it as a steeping stone to master or a doctoral that where the real difference really is sure some of them are useful but the fact of the matter is education cost money even the useless one and for the cost of the education that more then enough money for a person to save or invest and become rich if he or she is smart with investment lets go with a simple math calculation that involve sensible stable job selection let say your typical american median income player once you graduated from high school you could be expected to get your self a good paying job with limited qualification for example a electrician or heavy machine operator with often free or incentive's training 3 month or less time for the program let say he make on average about 55k usd that the national average btw for electrician that 1.98 million us dollar in income not counting over time or raise or any extra pay over 30 years of work and let bring in a college graduate let say a job in engineering field for example that only a 58k national average again same rules not counting raise or extra pay that only a 3k advantage per year of work that 2.088 million dollar of income for 30 years that less then 100k of difference the average college cost roughly 30k to pay not including interest which you would have to pay over time if your poor in installment and is inflation adjusted and there no running away from it since its student load it will hang on to you like a curse until your either dead or paid it off so your starting your life 30k in debt during those 4 years you wouldn't be able to work full time or part time and most of your part time cash would be just enough to cover your life expense during your time in college so you lose out on 4 years of income that more or less 200k so over 30 year you made 2.088 million dollar deducting 30k which is 2.055 million while the electrician got a 3 year head start with no cost at all he on the other hand will be making 1.98million plus 4 extra years bring a grand total to 2.22 million usd over 30 of work and 4 of studies that more then a 100 k less for the graduate guy and remember when that college grad start his first day at work with 30k of debt and a 10 year plan payment the high school guy would have been a 4 years veteran with no debt and a comfortable saving of easily more then 30k if he works hard and spend wisely the point where education starts making you a alot of cash is when you have a medical doctorate or phd in a needed field that where you really have room to spread and a substantial raise in salary over time a college degree is a dime a dozen pointless in most sector of work and costly in some for that slight increase in income and dont give me if he work hard he could have cleared that debt and invest wisely and make money because a high school could have easily done the same there human after all so at that point its more of a game of who smarter and yes all poor college grads are fucking in debt because there fucking poor the only time i would say a college degree is good for low level income people is if there smart as fuck and was able to get a scholarship (free education) and was able to pursue a master or even doctoral degree that when they will really rise climb the income ladder so education is not pointless but a college degree is not a degree you should put your self in debt to study i never said its bad just not worth it for poor people if your rich or the middle class is benefits are much more enticing but if your dirt poor going month to month not realizing when the next meal is gonna come from of weather you wake up being evicted from which is a common theme among poor people i dont think a college degree and 30k of debt for that slight benefits is really in there best interest therefore useless for poor people unless its free

  • @Mr_Boykin
    @Mr_Boykin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +656

    This video left out the part where after you graduate, they will call you every 3 months looking for donations! 😂

    • @kristen1225
      @kristen1225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Christian Boykin only 3 months? More like 3 years! Lol! When I graduated, the first piece of paper I got before my diploma was an add about donating to an alumni club basically 😂

    • @DarkwearGT
      @DarkwearGT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kristen1225 every not untill
      And its every month

    • @Smurfitysmurf559
      @Smurfitysmurf559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      A HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOOOUUUSAND DOLLARS!! AND YOU HAVE THE *NERVE* ASK FOR *MORE?!*

    • @aldenheterodyne2833
      @aldenheterodyne2833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Colleges screw you out of so much money- it shouldn't be nearly as expensive as it currently is.... And they want me to pay them more? Absolutely not. If I want to make it cheaper for the college kids, I would just start a scholarship... Or hand a college kid $20.

    • @BigBangAttack-mt6pz
      @BigBangAttack-mt6pz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The gall

  • @mekolayn
    @mekolayn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    "When I'll leave college I'll have a high payed job"
    Lol

    • @huh8b7b27
      @huh8b7b27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What? Is it difficult to get a 60k job in stem after masters?

    • @johnswanson9642
      @johnswanson9642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Idk why your laughing lmao. I took a degree in sciences and im making 60k a year starting at a bio lab.

    • @huh8b7b27
      @huh8b7b27 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnswanson9642 you in which state?

    • @johnswanson9642
      @johnswanson9642 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@huh8b7b27 texas

    • @qwertyuioppoiqwe
      @qwertyuioppoiqwe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Literally everyone thinks that and that's the problem.

  • @khiclark31
    @khiclark31 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    "Paying for a degree for a good paying job". That's adorable 😄

    • @petervansan1054
      @petervansan1054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      worked for me, though my university is free.

    • @playtime5051
      @playtime5051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      the middle man (the banker) has got to get some of that sweet sweet green

    • @ForeverShadowBanned
      @ForeverShadowBanned 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@petervansan1054 Worked for you, for the hundreds of thousands of people working at Starbucks though? Not so much.

  • @DJM.I.A.
    @DJM.I.A. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    What he should've said is "If you study economics, youll figure out how you're being screwed basically everyday."

    • @briank5877
      @briank5877 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      DJ M.I.A. I disagree I took economics classes and they don’t teach a damn thing about personal finance.

    • @Xo-3130
      @Xo-3130 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @The Man With No Name
      Hey if AOC can say that the government has a 19 trillion accounting error (really she's talking abput the national debt) and things that NYC has 4 billion dollars to give (which that wasn't) then you can say economics has completely collapsed in America.
      Hell, the Chinese understand economics better then us!

    • @chris-hayes
      @chris-hayes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You gotta take accounting for that 😂

    • @devinbaird2470
      @devinbaird2470 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Xo-3130 What is AOC? Is that a newspaper or something?

    • @roskichan3001
      @roskichan3001 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@briank5877 damn right!

  • @S4b2925
    @S4b2925 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2149

    Highschool: oh no! I got denied by the 4-year colleges I applied to.
    Community College: I'm glad I never got accepted!

    • @wayfarerzen3393
      @wayfarerzen3393 5 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      @Kaitlin Pages I went to a community college for two years, skipped some classes like trigonometry by studying in my spare time or during filler classes, took tests to get the credits, and graduated with two associates. It cost so little that a pell grant covered it. Best decision I ever made.

    • @creeperizak8971
      @creeperizak8971 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Ok, so maybe I will go to community college instead of immediately getting a nine to five.

    • @clydenolet736
      @clydenolet736 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@creeperizak8971 if you're into living life and learning work 3 months in any national park in the world. With other people trying to figure it out. Got me from east coast to Alaska. Cost about 2k all in.

    • @Crouton-
      @Crouton- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Shamkk I dont think theres enough hours in the week for that to be possible, and my college recomends that you study at least two hours for evwry hour you spend in class, and one class is 3 hours

    • @Outdooracademe1
      @Outdooracademe1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Shamkk my brother and I did back in the early '80's. It was hard. We both have associates in business and did well for a long time. Unfortunately it doesn't mean much today.

  • @sunraysbestdays
    @sunraysbestdays 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Going to college was a mistake I wish I could undo. The degree was absolutely not worth the amount of debt.

    • @tonekagrigsby-green769
      @tonekagrigsby-green769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I got a social work degree , but in order to get a higher paying job I need my msw more debt added on . I’m conflicted because I owing my debt I’ll pay it back but I don’t have to job to do so 😣

    • @davidschmidt5533
      @davidschmidt5533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I took one semester saw 3.5k in debt, not counting books or anything else and dropped. Got a "good paying" factory job to buy toys. Aside from the debt you accumulate you are also out those years of wages you could have made working full time.

    • @theonlyem0hique
      @theonlyem0hique 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@tonekagrigsby-green769 my younger sister is doing the same thing. I told her that I'll help her out for her master's degree.

  • @mrhickory6235
    @mrhickory6235 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How tuition continues to outpace inflation is mind boggling. And the government encourages it. It’s a terrible system and the higher education system needs to be held accountable.

  • @cubanamerican22
    @cubanamerican22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1443

    Dropped outta college, went to a trade school, became an HVAC Tech, now making $50k a year at 24 years old, no debt.

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      I only took a few community college classes. All of my focus was on equities trading. I spent years making nothing while everyone else was telling me to go to college.
      I make around 50k a week these days. (It fluctuates based on my performance.)
      Not trying to "flex". Just pointing out how badly people misunderstand money. Probably why they're all worthless and broke.

    • @MrChilley
      @MrChilley 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@manictiger good for you my friend yeah college does suck I'm thinking about not going back but man do these jobs love that piece of paper lol so I'm with publix thinking about getting some experience while getting my degree I'll see how it goes but be blessed.

    • @theextremeviking
      @theextremeviking 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      no disrespecc but you are still a slave just like everybody else in the 99% mister.

    • @mariav.3227
      @mariav.3227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      manictiger 50k a week ? Meaning 2,400,0000 a yr ...

    • @victortin559
      @victortin559 5 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      Went to college. Engineer. After 4.5 years no dept and 150K in savings.
      Nothing wrong with college. The problem is poor financial decisions during school and right after. The majority of students do not care about finances while in school, no work, just fun.
      Also, why people go to private school to get degree in art, social studies, etc.?! Go to community college, take what is transferable and graduate from university.
      P.S. nothing is wrong with a tech school. HVAC is a good choice.

  • @lastknightalive9586
    @lastknightalive9586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1414

    The most important thing you learn in college is "attendance is more important than knowledge "

    • @user-rz7wg7nn6z
      @user-rz7wg7nn6z 4 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      So true. Didn’t know a damn thing in math but went everyday and got a C

    • @lastknightalive9586
      @lastknightalive9586 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@user-rz7wg7nn6z 😂😂😂

    • @biggamer8655
      @biggamer8655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      100% true I actually went for a semester, or attempted to I should say passed literally everything but I was working 60 hour weeks trying to put myself through school and failed all my classes. I graduated near the top of my class in high school but it all means nothing, now that I'm out in the real world I work with dozens of graduates who can't even get ahead of me in their careers, which I think is just sad, if I'm being honest.

    • @hakeemvalcin9724
      @hakeemvalcin9724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Facts

    • @pokedonsss
      @pokedonsss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I learned that in school itself.

  • @karimselemani5157
    @karimselemani5157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Student: "It's tasteful"
    Him: "Ah, you don't know anything about anything"

    • @mohammadmoaddi2268
      @mohammadmoaddi2268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      some people know something about everything
      others know everything about something
      but you dont know anything about anything hahaha it cracked me up

  • @landonleffler2106
    @landonleffler2106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Student loans have ruined my life (graduated w honors) interest is insane, never intended to get wrapped up in this, I dont even work in the industry I studied, found my own way, but still have to pay.

    • @mehmetgurdal
      @mehmetgurdal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How much debt do you have?
      I didn't accepted the offer. In Turkey you can apply for bursary and if you are accepted you are fine, if you don't you can always take student credits.
      I couldn't get the bursary and didn't accepted the credit offer.
      Best decision I made :D now I can only feel bad for wasting my time. :D
      But hey, I watched a ton of anime played a lot of games. :D that's a win.

    • @snakewynd
      @snakewynd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Student loans have ruined mine too man, I was able to pay mine off it took like 13 years to do so cause I had a lovely start off in the job market of 2008 🙄

    • @landonleffler2106
      @landonleffler2106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@snakewynd Glad you made it out of that flytrap, as of today im down to 34,900, which I can get down in Im hoping 2 years

    • @snakewynd
      @snakewynd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@landonleffler2106 Paying for an invisible car >_< hope you get out of those loans dude, hope all is well. Just don't buy another expensive invisible car cause I know I'm not lol

  • @SlothGMS
    @SlothGMS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +774

    'Your parents could pay for college with a summer job' - So true, and now that generation pushes the bullshit of requiring a degree AND work experience in that field to even get the job.

    • @lukereiner
      @lukereiner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      100%

    • @riyadislam3441
      @riyadislam3441 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Fucking boomers...

    • @thehiddenninja3428
      @thehiddenninja3428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Because jobs that state they are entry-level also state that they require years of experience

    • @BigUriel
      @BigUriel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Could pay for college with a summer job, could get a job next door if they could just write their name properly and with a college degree they were making bank on the job interview, could save up for a down payment on a house in a couple of years easy, could buy a new car in cash, would get promoted every other year and eventually move up to upper management by simply being there.
      But young people are snowflakes and that's why they can't get anywhere ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @GoldenRetrievers4President
      @GoldenRetrievers4President 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      It's definitely how the whole "OK Boomer" phrase went viral. Boomers that don't understand that and mock and criticize their grandchildren are truly "special".

  • @ManuMitra
    @ManuMitra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "One of the classes you could and should take is economics which surely teach you to intrepid detail on how you are screwed here" This guy nailed it. 😅😅😅

  • @rpc717
    @rpc717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    One error - the tuition price isn't arbitrary. It's carefully calculated from knowledge of how much loan debt students can handle, how much cash students can obtain from third party payers such as the government and scholarship funds, plus 10% their families are expected to come up with. The price isn't based on value, it's based on how much they can actually get. Plus some.

  • @jerryrichardson2799
    @jerryrichardson2799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    My sister is in her late fifties and STILL paying on college loans. I talked to a guy who had several degrees and was planning to die owing TENS of thousands of dollars or more.

    • @istoppedcaring6209
      @istoppedcaring6209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I feel sad for them, but people tend to blame the US system, I see it differently, as even this states, much of it is arbitrary, they don't spend it on you, sure there are some real costs, literature costs money, if gained legally; so does equipment and buildings, but most of the costs are clearly arbitrary
      in other words the colleges should be blamed, and certainly right now, one should wonder, with all the classes online, can't this system be an option for students that want to do it cheaper?, oh but ofcourse it is actually more dificult for those giving the lectures, that is just the reallity, so why is it so expensive then?
      anyway, I am just hoping to make it in life, and am working towards my goals, no point in complaining right now

    • @lymarie1974
      @lymarie1974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@istoppedcaring6209 and you will reach your goals

    • @joshcreegan8816
      @joshcreegan8816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@istoppedcaring6209 the issue is its beneficial for the state to have big student loans right now, the bigger the loans the more the companies distributing the loans are making so the gov makes more money of tax, plus this means its harder for young adults to get degrees so older generations find getting jobs easier and since its the older generation who vote the most you end up with a very content voting populous who don't feel the need for change.

    • @istoppedcaring6209
      @istoppedcaring6209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lymarie1974 thank you

    • @johnswanson9642
      @johnswanson9642 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can have the most bullshit degrees if you want. It does not matter. Having a fucking degree in damm gender studies will not guarantee you financial success.

  • @TheSignetGamer
    @TheSignetGamer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1625

    Its almost as if they are more interested in the interest in college loans this quarter than the long term success of the country.......

    • @eeshunique
      @eeshunique 7 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Signet this country was fucked long time ago, we are just delaying the inevitable death

    • @NanetteNette
      @NanetteNette 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Signet one time I got a grant to go to school and they pulled the money because I didn't apply for a loan. I was able to gather the balance myself and had to argue for my grant back

    • @TheSignetGamer
      @TheSignetGamer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      #Nanette Nette, its so crazy that we went through this process when high school, and grade school became public, but like #eeshunique said, this is many decades in the making. This is the slow vice of a corporate overthrow. And we must fight back or enter a new form of fascism.

    • @mejsmith1
      @mejsmith1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      That's pure capitalism for you. The fuck everyone else while I get mine attitude.

    • @demonvictim
      @demonvictim 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Michael Smith its not pure capitalism since there are grants that raises tuition on a whole and the loans are secured by the government meaning that even though you cant pay it back the taxes will one day

  • @jessa9877
    @jessa9877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    I paid around 75k for my studies. I got lucky as I worked in a well paid job during summers and only had 20k debt at the end. I got a job right after and paid it all off. So I guess it all depends on what you decide to study and how lucky you get

    • @thatrandomguyontheinternet2477
      @thatrandomguyontheinternet2477 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Than you have me who pays ≈10k per year even if it was the best college in my country
      And guess how much of my income will get taxed when i get a job ?
      10-15% max

    • @haydenfowle7576
      @haydenfowle7576 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Then work in Jobs u hate but will only put up with because of how lucrative it is if it only paid 2$ more a hour than Target, Subway, KFC or McDonald's you wouldn't give it a 2nd look

  • @awkwardllama0509
    @awkwardllama0509 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I watch these videos desperately wanting to laugh (because the humor is top notch) but how true they are kinda keeps me to a chuckle

  • @paramount.g6614
    @paramount.g6614 7 ปีที่แล้ว +351

    This is absolutely dark. Im a student and I am aware of all this shit. But watching the video gave me chills...

    • @LusivableM0T
      @LusivableM0T 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It’s fear that puts one in motion. Work your ass off in school, get internships, make connections. Everybody in college is living in the now, treating it like a resort. Don’t be a statistic, your there for a reason. This video gives me chills as well, it also serves as a wake up call. However you see it, good luck to you.

    • @LusivableM0T
      @LusivableM0T 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *you’re

    • @mr.parabola5051
      @mr.parabola5051 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      As I was reading that, I immediately noticed you used your instead of you're, and was going to point it out once I finished reading the comment. Then I realized you already corrected it.

    • @johnapple6646
      @johnapple6646 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm* you should go back to kindergarden kid

    • @bolony21
      @bolony21 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      same am starting highschool

  • @joesgsju1040
    @joesgsju1040 6 ปีที่แล้ว +630

    congratulations you graduated from a university your reward is a $40,000 in debt piece of paper

    • @etenivity9703
      @etenivity9703 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      No, your reward is what you attain from applying yourself. Stfu & stop acting like ppl should just hand you stuff. If you graduate college & fail to find work, that’s on you.

    • @ianm8218
      @ianm8218 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Either that piece of paper or flip burgers

    • @thetraveler0386
      @thetraveler0386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Eric N I'm in college, I know that a lot of students are underemployed, and I'm trying to gtfo of college asap, and I honestly think it is a waste of money, unless you go to med, law school or grad school, and it also seems experience and being self-taught is the best thing to be

    • @cautarepvp2079
      @cautarepvp2079 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thetraveler0386 its super worth if you do computer science college too

    • @thetraveler0386
      @thetraveler0386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@cautarepvp2079 I would disagree, CS is a field that's always changing, and it seems that certifications and experience are the only things that get you jobs

  • @xoiyoub
    @xoiyoub 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    College feels like a job in which you're the one paying

  • @DawnMillerWaya
    @DawnMillerWaya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My advice, as someone who recently graduated from a University... take your prerequisite classes at your local community college. It is cheaper and most of my credits transferred over to the University. You can speak with your advisor about this and they can tell you what class credits will transfer over and which ones will not.

  • @mrredeyes7021
    @mrredeyes7021 7 ปีที่แล้ว +788

    Something that you need to make a better life shouldn't cost a lifetime

    • @mrantihippie
      @mrantihippie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mr Redeyes " need " LOL

    • @ImOldandSoAreMyBooks
      @ImOldandSoAreMyBooks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I agree! Do not borrow money to go to school young people!

    • @Scarletraven87
      @Scarletraven87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Mr Redeyes
      Correction:
      Education should be free for everyone.

    • @jacobferguson7422
      @jacobferguson7422 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      How do you plan on making it 'Free' ? By taking from others ? No matter those others be, the wealthy or the middle class, it is still theft. Why should someone who doesn't want or plan to go to college have to pay for those who do? ~ Aint no such thing as a free lunch!

    • @Scarletraven87
      @Scarletraven87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      One 4
      Yes, taxes are theft.
      Yes, without taxes you're going to have an unfair society.
      Go ahead and say that Fair is an opinion, all of it because you want to dream of a society that would be so hellish that not even you would enjoy it.

  • @thomasruiz2307
    @thomasruiz2307 7 ปีที่แล้ว +785

    Go to college they said. Get a degree in engineering they said. You'll get a great paying job with your degree they said. Here I am making less money then I was in college. What they should have said was "make connections".

    • @muhammadabubakr720
      @muhammadabubakr720 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Thomas Ruiz which engineering did you do?

    • @stonecold9573
      @stonecold9573 6 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Thomas Ruiz That's the problem with our society. Getting a job based on networking is the biggest load of crap ever. It essentially kills the American Dream of working hard will result in success and prosperity.

    • @CR1992..
      @CR1992.. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      That's a fact.
      My engineering introduction professor always told us about making connections. She was an electrical engineer and only managed to get a job with Google because she had found connections; friends of hers who had the same degree needed her to introduce the to her connections for a chance to get a good job as well. That's not to say that everyone who gets a job has connections, but with so many people the conclusion is clear.

    • @JackMeoff46
      @JackMeoff46 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Thomas Ruiz you're the unfortunate 1 % of engineers

    • @kingpin7739
      @kingpin7739 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hEy b0sS am i dAnK? I thought something didn't sound right about that. Maybe just dont do good on job searching or interviewing

  • @josephoakley2817
    @josephoakley2817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Socializing student loans made college so expensive. Still, you can work through it. My sister went to a community college and worked fast food to do it. The next thing is don’t chase dreams, chase opportunity. Do something that is needed, study something you will actually use. Trade school is often a much better choice than going to college. Just plan ahead, know your goals, find the solution, and don’t worry, there’ll always be one!

    • @TheCarnivoreSoprano
      @TheCarnivoreSoprano 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This only works when you haven't started college yet.

  • @daniloventura112
    @daniloventura112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    "You don't anything about anything" lmao If someone told me this when I was 20.

    • @user-rx3js1no3s
      @user-rx3js1no3s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nobody knows anything about anything

    • @jordanayala1617
      @jordanayala1617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Everyone pretends they know what’s going on with their life when in reality it’s unpredictable like a tornado hitting your house or dying in any moment

  • @MatioZG
    @MatioZG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +418

    I didn't go to college, my dad gave me this job.
    Oh gosh, so cruelly true

    • @wandanemer2630
      @wandanemer2630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That was so well delivered... but it hurt.

    • @johndirac6707
      @johndirac6707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kind of disrespectful for the people who actually work their way into a good job, there's no evidence that this happens for anyone other than billionaires. Small businesses owners can't easily pass the business onto the children and pay usually isn't better than anyone else the company hires

    • @darkpaw1522
      @darkpaw1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@johndirac6707 You missed the point.
      The point is people often get jobs through hook ups and connections. Yes, many people work hard to go up the latter, but at the end of the day there are often a lot of people who through nepotism got ahead.
      Again, hard work gets you ahead but nepotism goes a lot further.

    • @darkpaw1522
      @darkpaw1522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Tuperwear Yeah, with guidance from their parents who can point them in the right direction to a colleague.

    • @user-tg3jl1mt4e
      @user-tg3jl1mt4e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Tuperwear The difference is connections, people making that much money usually know a ton of people they can ask to get their kid a start. Getting the first job in your field is usually the hardest since you lack real experience.

  • @cancel.lgbtq.6892
    @cancel.lgbtq.6892 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    This should be show in every high schools.

    • @need4spe3dBeast
      @need4spe3dBeast 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yea but they won't because the government needs the additional revenue they are very greedy

    • @josh124c
      @josh124c 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Government is the scam

  • @weaslelysherbeard6485
    @weaslelysherbeard6485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    “Everything in college is designed to frick you into thinking your an adult.”
    2020: (visibly thankful)

  • @muffylittlemoon
    @muffylittlemoon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I can't wait to graduate college so I can be even more homeless than I already am.

  • @KhoPhi
    @KhoPhi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    "You don't know anything about anything"
    Ouch!

  • @dalorasinum386
    @dalorasinum386 7 ปีที่แล้ว +452

    Does anyone else watch these and then hate the world for a few minutes after?

    • @ImOldandSoAreMyBooks
      @ImOldandSoAreMyBooks 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do not give up Jordan! It is possible to beat the banking system!

    • @anthonybarger
      @anthonybarger 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’d say we all need to sacrifice everything now and for our future. Just enjoy your life. Too much to worry about. Therefore, I can promise you if we do a petition on human population control for our future. I know this sounds ridiculous but it’s better for our kids and else. 9 billion is going to lead us in NWO 🤣 but yeah. Speak up for yourself and others.

    • @elizaawan3748
      @elizaawan3748 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yaaas, everyone's after money and wealth. Where are poor a holes like me supposed to go 😂

    • @johnathanwoods1223
      @johnathanwoods1223 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jordan Parkhurst yepper

    • @badass6300
      @badass6300 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I hate the world all day everyday, these actually make me happy. :D

  • @RomanianOrder
    @RomanianOrder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2805

    don't mind me, just another day of thanking God I wasn't born in the US

    • @flo090394
      @flo090394 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Facts.

    • @shanethomas1202
      @shanethomas1202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Me: smiling from Aus🇦🇺 with my hex debt, its 100% better than the usa but still a debt at the end of the day.

    • @RomanianOrder
      @RomanianOrder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      @@shanethomas1202 Our universities here are free, not the best but at least free haha

    • @skullj2872
      @skullj2872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Seems like a bachelor's degree is the equivalent of a USA high school degree if universities are paid for by the government. It also seems that would just be extending school for another 4 years while at the same time you pay higher taxes. A bachelor's degree would be more valuable if the government did not pay for it as these degrees would be more scarce.

    • @Jani_-ft9yj
      @Jani_-ft9yj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@skullj2872 In my country all universities are free, and the government pay you about 400-600 €/month while you are studying.

  • @notme3686
    @notme3686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    I love how you can choose to permanently change your sex, choose to take on 30 years of useless student debt that you absolutely cannot escape, choose to join the military that can kill you with no recourse or feasible escape, but you still aren't old enough to legally drink a beer or buy a cigarette or carry a concealed pistol because you aren't mature enough to handle those decisions.

    • @Haildarklordvader
      @Haildarklordvader 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Can own a shotgun and a rifle at 18
      Cant own a god damb pistol, drink beer, or smoke a dead plant.
      You can make big decisions like where your money will go (college debt), join in protecting your country where you will most likely die if a war happens, which could happen any second, change your biological gender, and have half of your income given to some rich dudes. Among other things. But nah drinking liquor or even just a beer is too much to handle. So is smoking the remains of a dead plant. Or owning a weapon much weaker to the rifle you bought.

    • @ForeverShadowBanned
      @ForeverShadowBanned 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The laws are ridiculously outdated but that is what happens when the government is run by old crooks too senile to see a future without them in it.

    • @Misanthropolis
      @Misanthropolis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ForeverShadowBanned *laughs in Nancy Pelosi's portfolio*

    • @KateCat420
      @KateCat420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Um, and also it's biologically bad for you to smoke and drink? You're brain isn't done developing until 25 so the legal age is actually pretty generous. Also if you're that desperate don't act like you won't find a way - if you want to throw your health away then go ahead. As for a concealed weapon (I'm assuming your american) in most countries those are really hard to get regardless of age, because people want to know they aren't giving deadly weapons to idiots. America, obviously, does not care that much.

    • @warmike
      @warmike 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      As for beer and cigarettes, it kinda makes sense because the older you start, the less are your chances of becoming an addict. The majority of alcoholics start drinking in early teens or even before.

  • @DrewPicklesTheDark
    @DrewPicklesTheDark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    Skipping college was the best life I choice I ever made. I'm 30 years old and have almost payed off a house thanks to not having to worry about student loans and spending 4+ years for a degree most employers don't give a shit about.

    • @gopats1052
      @gopats1052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      What do you do for a living?

    • @DirtyPrancing
      @DirtyPrancing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      It's not one or the other. I went to college and left with 15k in debt that I paid off in a year. It wasn't cost prohibitive to me because I picked a reasonably priced school and worked through it. I also know someone who took on major debt but got an engineering degree and makes an insane amount for someone just starting. She should reasonably have it paid off within two years.
      Just thinking things through is enough. Don't go to a high priced school for a low effort degree.

    • @GoodnotGreat88
      @GoodnotGreat88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Clearly you didn't go to college

    • @the_kombinator
      @the_kombinator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@gopats1052 Trades, probably. Got a few friends that do it with nothing post-secondary, they make bank. Still wouldn't trade my pension and benefits, but if you do make enough, you can buy your own insurance and save up for your own retirement. Having said that if my own kid develops an aptitude for something that can be turned into a trade, I'm not gonna push him away from it.

    • @Tony1035610
      @Tony1035610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Tuperwear you misread. His friend was making 6 figures with just vocational training. The op was making 50k while being in debt for going to school.

  • @franklandowski4439
    @franklandowski4439 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    These honest videos give me so much anxiety holy hell

  • @ttteo2771
    @ttteo2771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Depends a lot on what you want to do. If you want to be a doctor you can't without a degree. If you want to be an engineer you can't without a degree. It is right about less important degrees that won't give you an important job instead.

    • @amelie3012
      @amelie3012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Regardless the US is crazy... In my country you can become a doctor for 120€ a year (around $140). Yes doctors aren't as well paid after graduating, they're paid around half what US doctors are, but they graduate debt free and our healthcare system doesn't put millions in debt

    • @ttteo2771
      @ttteo2771 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amelie3012 Still..... those are 120k € per year. It's a very good salary on a global level....... a mechanical engineer in uk makes 2000£ at the beginning....... and the prices are also in pounds....... so the salary is 24000£ per year before tax.

    • @beelove295
      @beelove295 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amelie3012 what country I may need to study abroad

    • @amelie3012
      @amelie3012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@beelove295 That is France, I think Germany and many other European countries have similar tution fees

  • @icy.diamond
    @icy.diamond 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    So we’re basically just being screwed over by the system?

    • @tonitrout9938
      @tonitrout9938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      College is a choice

    • @Bemasnubben
      @Bemasnubben 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes you are being screwed by the profit hunting monetary system that needs more debt to survive

    • @johnswanson9642
      @johnswanson9642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No, people are acting like retards spending 4 years and 50k+ debt for a useless degree that has 0 fucking marketability and then complaining "ThE SysTeM iS FuCkEd"

    • @playtime5051
      @playtime5051 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tonitrout9938
      It's a racket.

    • @cjthebeesknees
      @cjthebeesknees 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately, now take a deep breath and put this tinfoil hat on and compare other US *issues*

  • @GormanGolf
    @GormanGolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +882

    This is 100% accurate
    College ruined my life

    • @Andreas4696
      @Andreas4696 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      You should've chosen a better degree. There's still lots of opportunity in STEM.

    • @TheoCynical
      @TheoCynical 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      There's always a trade. Those give good careers whoch may fund your dream job in the meantime. There's always hope.

    • @Vera-xu3xw
      @Vera-xu3xw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      No you ruined your life. No one forced you to go.
      An all you kids love government, see how they help 😂

    • @mictlanlopez19
      @mictlanlopez19 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The school I went to closed down after many lawsuit. Still in debt... I was a naive 19 year old

    • @neitherlink6612
      @neitherlink6612 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Nick no, you ruined your life. Nobody put a gun to your head and forces you to enter college. And considering the fact that you were probably a mediocre student too that ends up in your life being a mess.

  • @Leo-xn8ti
    @Leo-xn8ti 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2000

    "I wouldnt know. I didnt went to college, seem to expensive. My dad gave me this job."
    How the rich stay rich...

    • @Leo-xn8ti
      @Leo-xn8ti 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      QueenBee Druid haha didnt noticed this coment. I'll rephrase it for you...
      A method of how the rich stay rich.
      Better?

    • @suzycreamcheesez4371
      @suzycreamcheesez4371 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      lol! You sound like you're in junior high @Kween bee

    • @Leo-xn8ti
      @Leo-xn8ti 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Slavic Soldier I really dont comprehend what your saying, can you please elaborate?
      I know not every rich peron stay rich, but the ones who dont COULD be the people that got lucky and view it as a "big break". People with the "big break" mentality think that they are done and set once they reached the top. This is not true. We see this with rappers and athletes (these are not the only people that can lose their wealth)
      To put it shortly, the people who stay rich should be seen as wealthy and not rich. People with wealth know how to manage their money.

    • @TheStickCollector
      @TheStickCollector 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The rich/1% should pay for college of something

    • @chancerhymes8931
      @chancerhymes8931 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Leo Are you even rich? How do you know how rich people manage their future? You aren’t even rich

  • @freya-r4904
    @freya-r4904 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Unfortunately, i fell into this trap. Had opened a loan and graduated from a scammy school that "promised" i would get a great paying job. Now i am paying it off with unemployment while jobs continue to be pain after I got laid off from my last job. To future generations, never open any loans EVER and take a college that doesn't demand high cost in tuition and classes every semester/quarters.

  • @timeshark8727
    @timeshark8727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Yup, being able to afford college takes a significant amount of planning, forethought, discipline and hard work... all things that every 18 yr old has in abundance... ... ... right?

  • @Felipera_
    @Felipera_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +594

    If I was born in the USA I would have skipped college and went to being a woodworker. Sounds like a fun trade to work in. Since I'm from the 3rd world, free computer science college was the way to go.

    • @deidara_8598
      @deidara_8598 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      What are you talking about? The USA is a part of the 3rd world too!

    • @bl1tz533
      @bl1tz533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      The irony. We need less skilled blue collar jobs in the 1st world and the 3rd world takes up all computer jobs.
      I want off this ride dad

    • @ConcordDown
      @ConcordDown 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      In Australia labour pays more than office desk job :)

    • @WildZephyr
      @WildZephyr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The trades can be difficult, boom or bust, but I'd still recommend it over universities these days. I regret my parents forcing me to go.

    • @lilwadwad4550
      @lilwadwad4550 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you for taking our jobs

  • @SakuraFruitTube
    @SakuraFruitTube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +484

    "Mom, I'm not going to college cause the Cracked guy on TH-cam said so"

    • @pfzht
      @pfzht 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Probably save yourself a lot of debt. Stay autodidactic.

    • @TrelliessRose
      @TrelliessRose 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      "The cracked guy"!

    • @angelagarcia7093
      @angelagarcia7093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If I lived in the US I wouldn't go to college

    • @LegDayLas
      @LegDayLas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      just abbreviate it to "because crack" she will understand.

    • @crazyman3585
      @crazyman3585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, trust the guy with the crack

  • @TheRealMacAndCheese
    @TheRealMacAndCheese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I died inside watching this and I've been screaming this since I graduated in 2019 and got hit in the face with the "college is a scam" brick.

    • @TheRealMacAndCheese
      @TheRealMacAndCheese 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@candicecampbell9887 I think thats a very worthy cause! At the very least tell them not to go if they have to take out loans!

  • @davidjeter5067
    @davidjeter5067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just go to a trade school, unless you are going to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. Welding, nursing, industrial maintenance, forget the 4 year college trap...or go in the military and avoid all student loan debt.

  • @jane-annarmstrong6562
    @jane-annarmstrong6562 7 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Glad my son did an apprenticeship he gets paid to learn and gets job experience! I think it is seriously underrated

    • @gregoryeverson741
      @gregoryeverson741 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      my Union hires every year, there is a demand for Union labor over private

    • @tristanlau1213
      @tristanlau1213 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Send your son to Europe(except UK) or Asia for college, it's cheaper than a trade school.

    • @Mariet31
      @Mariet31 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Having a degree and job experience won't guarantee you a job at all. It's all about contact and having that family member or that opportunity to have a job guaranteed.

    • @Jestrath
      @Jestrath 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jane-Ann Armstrong My father made a great living from the trades. The only problem with them is that they are physically and mentally demanding. They start to take a toll on you as you age. My dad had to retire early because it got to bed too much for him.

    • @Jestrath
      @Jestrath 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gregory Everson Union is the only way to go. You won't get screwed over as much as if you went private.

  • @JRick191
    @JRick191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    Go to community college, and make sure your degree is marketable. At this point, most degrees are utterly useless...

    • @AdrianSilva-uu8nk
      @AdrianSilva-uu8nk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      i'm so glad joining the army in my country is free and its one of the most well paying jobs out there in my country anyway

    • @CoffeeSnep
      @CoffeeSnep 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@AdrianSilva-uu8nk in the US, the army pays for your living expenses while on duty, but you also make little over minimum wage afterwards.

    • @jetetarro
      @jetetarro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      MGTOW Knight “Marketable” degree is what many people actually do. The most Popular degree is “business management” yet most people don’t know anything else. So they have to start out at an entry level job.

    • @SirKingHoff
      @SirKingHoff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Go to CC for 2 years, Xfer to 4 year

    • @eddiemendoza6304
      @eddiemendoza6304 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Except an engineering degree

  • @246vili
    @246vili 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This video makes even more glad I never considered a student loan when I was attending University.
    My tuition were mostly state-supported. Because in Hungary if you agree to not leave the country but get a job in Hungary for 6 years, then they pay for your tuition up to 12 semesters. (It's more complicated of course, but that was the gist of it.)
    Plus thankfully I was a pretty good learner so I earned some scholarships too. And my summer jobs also helped.
    Thankfully everyone I talked with convinced me that student loans are just a yoke that you willingly put on yourself because you think you need it, but in reality you can get through university without it if you do it smart and aren't afraid to work and/or study a bit harder.

  • @Tetris521
    @Tetris521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "Now that'd only be possible today if your summer job was being Elon musk"

  • @amandataebby
    @amandataebby 5 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    I'm 25 living at home still because of my loan debt. I have a good job but the debt keeps me at home without a car. I'd rather just try and pay off as much as I can. Your loans will most likely be split into several categories, each with its own interest rate. It's better to pay them off by the group rather than the whole principal. Pay off the group with the highest interest rate first so it doesn't keep accumulating for too long. But the most important thing for college students to know is that you have to do whatever you can. You're not getting a high paying job right out of school unless you know someone. The daughter of a newsman in my city got THREE big jobs that she does. She's a year older than me but we went to the same small school for the same degree. She has THREE jobs in this small city with limited work. Of course it's not fair but that's how life goes. You have to do whatever you can get, which will be unpaid internships and minimum wage jobs. I did all of it for a year and a half before I got a good job. Still, I can't afford to be on my own. This is America though.. very expensive and very competitive. Don't settle and keep pursuing what you want. I'm not going to settle for a desk job the rest of my life in a city I can't stand. I'm actually planning on leaving the US because that lifestyle is not for me. I don't want the "American dream" because all it is, is a lifetime of debt. I'd love to see a video about that "If the American Dream Was Honest".

    • @ifeawosika966
      @ifeawosika966 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      American dream of who? I dont remember ever dreaming of being a debt slave to mortgage, car loan, student loan, credit card debt. Inflation continues while income is stagnant. This needs to stop

    • @terrelllewis7508
      @terrelllewis7508 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Why don't u write a book about it? I bet it will be a best seller...... I'm Marsha.

    • @invaderzim1265
      @invaderzim1265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      No, brother, don't leave. We must *band together* soon and we need all of our brothers to stand up to these Thieves and Snakes.

    • @invaderzim1265
      @invaderzim1265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      As for debt, this all started when the central banks, I.R.S., and the federal reserve stepped onto American soil. It's like a debt machine to bring us to our knees and to benefit to the few.

    • @invaderzim1265
      @invaderzim1265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Like Corporate Slave Masters.

  • @pantslizard
    @pantslizard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    ...you know...we've been talking about this for at least 20 years...when are we going to DO something about it...???

    • @jwhi419
      @jwhi419 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      pantslizard we never will, unless people start dying from debt

    • @thomashobbes7429
      @thomashobbes7429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      As long as we have football, basketball, movies, porn, etc we will never revolt.

    • @WeiLiuhaha
      @WeiLiuhaha 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never

    • @thatguy2244
      @thatguy2244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      BERNIE THE FUCKIN MAN SANDERS 2020 BABAAAAAY

    • @ajamusic7322
      @ajamusic7322 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@thatguy2244 Bernie's idea of "Free College" means instead of students who choose to take on student loans paying them off, now EVERYONE gets to pay student loans..... except they'll be called higher taxes... and they'll NEVER be paid off... and it still won't help land a job to afford a leisurely living after paying those extra taxes, rent, and food. And since the government would front the bill to colleges, like thy are with today's student loan programs, that means colleges can keep raising the cost of tuition just because. And in the end, you'll have stepped backwards economically as a result.
      No thanks

  • @abigailrodriguez6496
    @abigailrodriguez6496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have a trade skill and a degree. The trade helped me pay for the degree. I didnt take out a student loan till my senior year and even then it was only $4500 loan. Paid it off within the year after graduating 😎

  • @michaelearlgrey
    @michaelearlgrey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +473

    Smartest guy is the one who didn't go to college. Irony.

    • @heyhoe168
      @heyhoe168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Not really. Imagine knowing how to reliably make money in your 17 without breaking the law? Sounds quite smart to me.

    • @IL_Bgentyl
      @IL_Bgentyl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Дмитрий Д like he did lmao?

    • @Auto209
      @Auto209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      BillionaireBombshellBishoujo lmao everyone is lucky if they do well in life. As if working hard and being smart with money doesn’t 99% of the time result in wealth.

    • @the_kombinator
      @the_kombinator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Money doesn't equal intelligence. Trump's a fine example of that.

    • @the_kombinator
      @the_kombinator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @I'm tired of this Yes, displaying my material wealth on line and describing my achievements that will surely be met with /r/thathappened in order to prove I'm smarter.
      Wow. Just amazing rationale there. Go back to bed troll.

  • @frozenaorta
    @frozenaorta 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I finished grad school in 2009. I have a good paying job. I also still have massive student loan debt. Yay America.

    • @jrjubach
      @jrjubach 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      frozenaorta Do you work for a non-profit company?

    • @frozenaorta
      @frozenaorta 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jubach I actually do, yes. How did you know? The primary benefactor of my organization still pays us quite well, though, as he is pretty passionate about our work.

    • @jrjubach
      @jrjubach 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      frozenaorta You might be able to file paperwork to make the federal government take over your loan, and they expunge it after ten years. So after 120 payments, the loan disappears. This was started under Bush, so you’d have to do some research to see if it’s still possible. Ten years of college payments is way better than if the debt lasted until you were dead, right? Look it up. Might be called Loan Forgiveness something.

    • @vapenation7061
      @vapenation7061 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      frozenaorta are you comfortable with sharing some numbers?

  • @zackvitoh1632
    @zackvitoh1632 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    student loan debacle has taught us the greatest lesson of all: never trust anyone because everyone is out to fleece you.

  • @coloringbooks3295
    @coloringbooks3295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Community college and scholarships need to be pressed more. I remember many high school classmates immediately going to a big university and either partied way too hard and got kicked out or graduated with a ton of debt. I felt community college was a great transition to a more adult life after high school, not everybody needs that, but it was great for me. I was more independent, but not totally yet since I lived with my mother while attending. There's a wide variety of ages at community colleges from whom I learned a lot of things. I learned a lot about time management as well while I worked and took classes. Once I finished there I went to university and had a great time there too, got my college party days in and learned to live on my own better while finishing up my degree.
    I really hope people look more into it, there are plenty of great degrees you can get from community college than can launch you straight into a career even without university.

  • @anonymous01792
    @anonymous01792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve posted this on other videos similar to this one. But I got a 4 year degree and right out of school made 36,500 dollars (teaching) after a year I did get a raise $38,000. At the end of that year I went to a technical school to train to be a paralegal it was 11 months now I make $58,000. I’ll let the TH-cam community decide which they think was a better financial decision.

  • @stepanfedun9122
    @stepanfedun9122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    If student loans were honest:
    "Stop freaking out over student loans, you won't even see the money since it goes straight from your pay check to your bank"

    • @steveharris1740
      @steveharris1740 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Money isn't real anyway. It is just computer code now. Do you ever really see your paycheck? Nope, numbers just magically appear on your online bank account every other Friday. When you put a piece of plastic in a machine to buy groceries, the numbers on the screen go down a little bit. The concept of money has become an illusion.

    • @ifeawosika966
      @ifeawosika966 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@steveharris1740 people die for that piece of paper

    • @amyellawrence6516
      @amyellawrence6516 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ife Awosika 😂😂

    • @shinishini6047
      @shinishini6047 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @The Man With No Name yes and here in denmark they send from bank every 2-3 months offical report in pdf format of your bank condition. I think they do this because if something goes wrong you always can prove how much money you got, so you can get back your money.

  • @hillbillylivesmatter2608
    @hillbillylivesmatter2608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1810

    I wouldn’t know college seemed expensive my dad gave me this job. Lol
    EDIT:Thanks for the likes.

    • @arguseyed9982
      @arguseyed9982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @Ricardo Santos Or the entire presidential family

    • @flatP_
      @flatP_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      before i watched the entire video i thought this wasn’t a quote but you literally talking about yourself. lol

    • @hillbillylivesmatter2608
      @hillbillylivesmatter2608 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ナカナカ lol

    • @justinc2633
      @justinc2633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Josef D only because you choose to be.

    • @aquaticasmr184
      @aquaticasmr184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Funny as hell my dad dead left me nothing and no family pair for my school
      Must be nice

  • @88cameras
    @88cameras 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thing I learned from college is how to hate more, care less and at times literally kill for what you want/to send a message.

  • @OR3tr0
    @OR3tr0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Me, a Brazilian, who lives in a country where college is totally free, just watching from a distance

    • @melosever8659
      @melosever8659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bro, brasilians have to pay for high school tho. I used to live in Cotia and anything about public school is shit. The free college is shit to. Thats why we moved to Texas and why are trying to get the rest of our family from Osasco over here

    • @PirateAgonistes
      @PirateAgonistes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But murder rates.

    • @N20Joe
      @N20Joe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hahaha "Free" government stuff...

    • @emmy4537
      @emmy4537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I didn’t know Brazil has internet.

    • @eduardagoncalvesdacunha8759
      @eduardagoncalvesdacunha8759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@emmy4537 Emily stop being stupid

  • @mikewilloughby1119
    @mikewilloughby1119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    My total expense for my 4 year degree was under$3000 total. Boom !!!!! The 1970s were great!!!!

    • @idolevin8795
      @idolevin8795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That’s why people and especially governments should not exist and we all should just die

    • @learntospellpeople
      @learntospellpeople 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@idolevin8795 Very sensible not completely irrational 'solution and answer to everything. Wtf is the matter w/you?

    • @maniacreigns5929
      @maniacreigns5929 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Time value of money

    • @holdon2hope522
      @holdon2hope522 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      sick dude

    • @sali-ali
      @sali-ali 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My total expense was exactly $1371 for 4 years here in Bulgaria :)

  • @bradmylius844
    @bradmylius844 7 ปีที่แล้ว +888

    Totally true. College is a waste of time and money unless you're going in to a field that almost guarantees a high paying job. Also idk why so many people live in dorms it's literally an overpriced shitty apartment. You could buy a brand new van, live out of it all of college, and probably save money from not living in the dorms.

    • @Noodlemonkey7
      @Noodlemonkey7 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Because, you are forced to.

    • @MegaBallPowerBall
      @MegaBallPowerBall 7 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Brad Mylius A lot of colleges require you to live in them for your freshman and even sophomore years.

    • @bradmylius844
      @bradmylius844 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Short Names but also if you go to a nearby college which a lot of people do you can commute or get an apartment for cheaper than a dorm.

    • @Fortunateis4luck
      @Fortunateis4luck 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The humongous level of your generalization is almost mind blowing.

    • @candaceherrick5501
      @candaceherrick5501 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      if you're lucky you can go to a country that has free education but then you pay into the tourism. So is that a win?

  • @Kuran1986
    @Kuran1986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Ahh, imagine living in a country where you have free college.
    Oh, that's like all of Europe lmaooooo.

    • @kevincardoza318
      @kevincardoza318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@doge8726 wat machine gun, r u trying to start world war 3.

    • @Kuran1986
      @Kuran1986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@doge8726 imagine being able to walk the streets without the fear of being shot lol

    • @hotshots149
      @hotshots149 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      UK doesn't.

    • @aidagalito
      @aidagalito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Freedom of speech we have. About guns, thanks God nobody can have one and we feel safe instead of being in danger of mass/random shootings

    • @aidagalito
      @aidagalito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@doge8726 are you for real? You sound too much as a stereotype of the worst perception we, Europeans, have on North Americans

  • @jambothejoyful2966
    @jambothejoyful2966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    My parents aren’t really giving me a choice and even they are still paying off their debt

    • @amalldekan1432
      @amalldekan1432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      "I'd Rather Die On My Feet Than Live On My Knees" - Some guy
      Of course it will be hard to go against your parents, but what would your future self want you to do? You do that, and break the cycle

    • @Thingsyourollup
      @Thingsyourollup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I make $33/hr working in IT off of just a cheap 2 year associates degree from a community college that was mostly paid for with Pell grants with the remaining on a small student loan that only took two years to pay off. Universities are overrated and too many jobs I see requiring a full bachelors only pay like $15-20/hr. No one can live on that.

    • @lymarie1974
      @lymarie1974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Thingsyourollup you did well my friend. Yes it is hard making 14 or lower but it can be done but hard. Reading your comment made my morning. Cheers

    • @jaredadams620
      @jaredadams620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Thingsyourollup Agreed, If your going to hit up school get a cert or a community college deal and get that job asap.

    • @alexanderjs11
      @alexanderjs11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What u mean not giving u a choice? Once u turn 18 u make your own choices

  • @Quitarstudent
    @Quitarstudent 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3224

    is this some USA joke i am too european to understand?

    • @TheRealVivia
      @TheRealVivia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +408

      Guitarstudent lol no it’s not a joke, THIS IS OUR LIFE HERE IN THE US. It is insane and it sucks because if you decide you don’t want to be in debt by going to college you’re shamed for it and probably pressured until you decide to go. It’s not for lack of wanting to further your education but it will literally make me a slave so it doesn’t seem that appealing after you realize the truth. It’s really messed up. Unfortunately a lot of us don’t have a choice, you’ll get disowned if you don’t go to college so we just go and take on debt that keeps us a slave for the rest of our lives. :( it’s so depressing, a lot of us just commit suicide or you know just turn yo substance abuse and things like that because no matter what, you might have this education that you spent years on and so much money to get but you’re still stuck in a hole and probably now BECAUSE you have a better education you have a BIGGER hole to try to dig out of. Smh.

    • @Quitarstudent
      @Quitarstudent 5 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      @@TheRealVivia cant relate, i ve been studying for 6 years now and i have no debt

    • @VictorGarcia-lb9pk
      @VictorGarcia-lb9pk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      You ever go to college for less than 2.000€/year just to flex on Americans?

    • @Quitarstudent
      @Quitarstudent 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      @@VictorGarcia-lb9pk i dont pay for it at all, obviously i cover my life expenses on my own, tuition is free though

    • @lukasashton
      @lukasashton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Lol im from the US and went to school here in Ankara. The tuition for each semester is roughly 200 dollars.

  • @burtb3477
    @burtb3477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This gets more and more accurate the more time between you graduating college

  • @austing.8870
    @austing.8870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My school prided itself on a 92% job placement rate after graduation, and it was a huge selling point for me to take out the debt to go to this school. Here's my senior interview from 6 years ago:
    College: "so do you have a job lined up"
    Me: "well yeah, but its in the warehouse that I'm currently working in that I don't need a degree for"
    College: "That's great! But you do have a job though?"
    Me: "well yeah, but its not in my field-"
    College: "but it is a job, right?"
    Me: "well yeah, but like I said, its not in my field"
    College: "well we're sure it'll come along, congrats on your job!"

  • @taotechnique
    @taotechnique 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    WOW, I clicked on this thinking it would be a funny skit. But this video is pure truth. Still funny though, but very, very true.

  • @machitoons
    @machitoons 7 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    So how do you fix this?
    *Don't study in the USA*

    • @tristanlau1213
      @tristanlau1213 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm only 16,436USD in debt because I have permanent residency in Hong Kong.

    • @phil6748
      @phil6748 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Joe Smith wow
      international students in the USA were not allowed to take loans and happy for that.

    • @alial-musawi9898
      @alial-musawi9898 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Canada is even more fucked.

    • @lekat8656
      @lekat8656 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      People with American citizenship can't just live abroad. The US is the ONLY developed country on earth that instills citizenship-based taxation essentially meaning that you'll be paying double taxes if you decide to live and possibly work in another country. Furthermore, thanks to Obama's brainchild FATCA you''ll be denied access to basic banking services due to all kinds of information that financial institutions have to send to the IRS.

    • @orppranator5230
      @orppranator5230 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tristan Lau in a place where there are no regulations or taxes (almost).
      *Just what I want for the US’s education market*

  • @Tyani-sz6cg
    @Tyani-sz6cg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "you don't know anything about anything"
    That's the truest line I've heard describing a teen going off to college

  • @captainminnow
    @captainminnow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When the ad before is for a school and the ad after is for student loan assistance 😂🤦‍♂️

  • @hitorishinda5118
    @hitorishinda5118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    Him: "now you can only do that if your summer job is to be Elon Musk"
    Me: Is it possible to learn that skill?

    • @FranciscoRamirez-pk3yn
      @FranciscoRamirez-pk3yn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Not from a jedi...

    • @LeOneToyota
      @LeOneToyota 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@FranciscoRamirez-pk3yn You beat me to it

    • @tamilmanidigital
      @tamilmanidigital 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes you can learn from him elonmusk daily routine 😎 just started following it and learned programing within weeks

    • @ivanramirez1027
      @ivanramirez1027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The most you can do is name your kid XAE-A12 and see if it does anything

    • @centauria9122
      @centauria9122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ivanramirez1027 Honestly that's a really cool unique name. :)

  • @sarahwalker419
    @sarahwalker419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Frustrating because many jobs require some sort of degree as a minimum for you to be hired.

    • @thezarcfiles2857
      @thezarcfiles2857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sarah Walker remember, a degree is only a foot in the door. The rest of your work life will be based on work experience. A degree only started you out farther than those with only experience

    • @michaelogara9056
      @michaelogara9056 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Blue Callor jobs don't

    • @user-fp2hh6yy5r
      @user-fp2hh6yy5r 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelogara9056 working at Starbucks don't