President Joe Biden - Kamala Harris Administration

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turbovol said:
Your posts are consistently nonsensical and radically at odds with reality. "The left is pushing for more trans-violence." Really? That would be illogical since the left wants to protect trans-people from discrimination and violence. And there's an enormous amount of hate from right-wingers toward trans-people--fact.
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These people have mental health issues. Nobody hates them. Let these ADULTS do with their lives as they wish. They can pretend to be whatever they want but everyone else should not be forced to participate. It shouldn’t have gotten to where it has.
 
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turbovol said:
Teachers are scandalously underpaid: that's a big part of the problem here.
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the first woman in the story makes about 100K - far above the median income

there is no rational reason for a person to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars to earn a Masters degree. she borrowed almost 1/4 of a million dollars

I'd say a big part of the problem here is having teachers that are so challenged in financial literacy.
 
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volinbham said:
the first woman in the story makes about 100K - far above the median income

there is no rational reason for a person to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars to earn a Masters degree. she borrowed almost 1/4 of a million dollars

I'd say a big part of the problem here is having teachers that are so challenged in financial literacy.
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I remember my father telling me when looking at colleges that there was nothing wrong with being a teacher, but if I wanted to be one i was going to be living at home while going to CC.
 
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Guess why they are working so hard to nail Trump on his handling of classified documents ... and ignoring biden's handling of classified documents. The writing was on the wall with hiliary about how dems would be treated when violating laws - a pass ... or if really pushed, a "harshly" worded "you shouldn't do that".
 
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turbovol said:
More nonsense. Do explain why Biden wants high oil prices....if you can.
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It's not a big secret. Don't know what rock you've been hiding under. Biden hates fossil fuels. He wants to move us towards green energy but it's awfully hard to do unless fossil fuel prices skyrocket. Why pay an extra $20K for an electric car if gas is cheap?
 
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Saw these two headlines tonight; makes you wonder if there is a connection between the two events.

Secretary Austin Concludes India Visit

India suspension bridge collapses for a second time
 
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volinbham said:
the first woman in the story makes about 100K - far above the median income

there is no rational reason for a person to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars to earn a Masters degree. she borrowed almost 1/4 of a million dollars

I'd say a big part of the problem here is having teachers that are so challenged in financial literacy.
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That's a very polite way to put it.
 
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AM64 said:
I'm a UT grad; my older son is a UT grad; and my younger son is a TTU grad. I think for a number of things you would be hard pressed to do better than TTU. Don't pass up on the coop program; there are some great opportunities for connections, jobs after graduation, and income, of course. My son did very well in the TTU coop program - the biggest downside was an apartment while working, but it worked out then - hard to say with current rental costs. I can't say how it has changed in the past few years, but the TTU dorms weren't that great when my son was there; I'd say yours is doing well by staying at home and saving money.

I benefitted a lot at UT in grad school with the Oak Ridge connection and a nuclear engineering major; that's an instance where I think UT could be a better choice. However, my son cooped at Arnold AFB and had a job waiting on him when he graduated. I really believe that connections change everything when getting a job. I had rejections from Westinghouse, GE, and Combustion when sending off applications as a nobody with MS degree. Then the group I worked with at Oak Ridge (graduate assistantship) had a series of meetings about nuclear diagnostics with all the major nuclear vendors, and I was able to participate and meet people first hand. I accepted a job with Babcock and Wilcox stemming from one meeting, and also got offers from Westinghouse, GE, and Combustion; GE still wanted me to come out to San Jose even though I told them I'd accepted a job with B&W. That's why I'd always recommend a coop program, or secondly working with a prof who consults with a potential employer - there's a huge disconnect between HR receiving applications and the staff who need technical types - they simply don't speak the same language.
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As far as TTU dorms, many have been rennovated though the rooms are still small. Perfect for one if you pay extra. You also get a lot of bang for your buck on the meal ticket. TTU prob has the best food in TN for a university. They also tout heavily that 51% of grads leave debt free. And if you are chasing a technical degree (Eng, IT type stuff), most already have a job secured before their final semester. We were touring the Enginering Department with my son and nehew. It was a January and the lady said they were still getting calls from employers needing engineering grads and she was having to tell them all their upcoming grads had jobs lined up and she didn't have any for interviews. If you go to TTU for Engineering, IT/CS/Cyber Security, or Nursing you got it made. The Ag and Business colleges aren't shabby for a school heavily geared toward the sciences. My dad covered all his bases in Ag. TTU, UT for Masters, UGA for PhD and career employment. If you're Ag you definitely want to add a professional degree from UGA, TAM, or Auburn or NC State. Bama A&M also has good Ag. My step son went to ABAC and a MS from UGA in Ag. He's doing well. Only one that followed my dads footsteps. I prob chose the wrong path. I always scored well in the Math and Sciences on testing, but steered away from that in my studies.

But, you are spot on on co-ops and internships. A necessity for an engineering major. And in alot of programs a requirement. My former company in GA would bring them in regularly. The schools our co-ops went to spent their upper class terms rotating one in school and one on co-op until graduating. We'd normally offer a top grad or two a position to stay on. One hotly wanted kid was brilliant, but normal. He ended up turning us down to go with Ford's chassis division.

Cookeville area has been rough on my inteded career. I gave up good money and future plant positions, likely plt mgr, to move here and help with mom and dad. Not a blessed area for my production management background. What jobs there are are very seldom available because people come to cookeville and stay to raise families for a reason. The ones that do come up regularly do so for a reason and I specifically steer clear of those companies. My current employment is not as lucritive as my past.
 
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As far as TTU dorms, many have been rennovated though the rooms are still small. Perfect for one if you pay extra. You also get a lot of bang for your buck on the meal ticket. TTU prob has the best food in TN for a university. They also tout heavily that 51% of grads leave debt free. And if you are chasing a technical degree (Eng, IT type stuff), most already have a job secured before their final semester. We were touring the Enginering Department with my son and nehew. It was a January and the lady said they were still getting calls from employers needing engineering grads and she was having to tell them all their upcoming grads had jobs lined up and she didn't have any for interviews. If you go to TTU for Engineering, IT/CS/Cyber Security, or Nursing you got it made. The Ag and Business colleges aren't shabby for a school heavily geared toward the sciences. My dad covered all his bases in Ag. TTU, UT for Masters, UGA for PhD and career employment. If you're Ag you definitely want to add a professional degree from UGA, TAM, or Auburn or NC State. Bama A&M also has good Ag. My step son went to ABAC and a MS from UGA in Ag. He's doing well. Only one that followed my dads footsteps. I prob chose the wrong path. I always scored well in the Math and Sciences on testing, but steered away from that in my studies.

But, you are spot on on co-ops and internships. A necessity for an engineering major. And in alot of programs a requirement. My former company in GA would bring them in regularly. The schools our co-ops went to spent their upper class terms rotating one in school and one on co-op until graduating. We'd normally offer a top grad or two a position to stay on. One hotly wanted kid was brilliant, but normal. He ended up turning us down to go with Ford's chassis division.

Cookeville area has been rough on my inteded career. I gave up good money and future plant positions, likely plt mgr, to move here and help with mom and dad. Not a blessed area for my production management background. What jobs there are are very seldom available because people come to cookeville and stay to raise families for a reason. The ones that do come up regularly do so for a reason and I specifically steer clear of those companies. My current employment is not as lucritive as my past.
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TTU was perfect for our son, he did a year paid engineering internship with ZF group after his junior year and they offered him a job at the end of the internship. He and the other kid that interned with him both had job offers before they started their senior year.
 
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TTU was perfect for our son, he did a year paid engineering internship with ZF group after his junior year and they offered him a job at the end of the internship. He and the other kid that interned with him both had job offers before they started their senior year.
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That's great. And it takes pressure off them and all they had to do is concetrate on getting out. Even if you're not a technical major, internships and co-ops are there. Alot of college kids want the 'full' college experience which means barely graduating with nothing but school on the resume and summers off. Co-ops and interning is the winning ticket. I will be pushing mine toward that going into next spring. He's in computer science right now. switched from ag. would do well in eng but doesn't want that.

Depending on what yours wants long term, he should look at putting a MBA on top of the Eng. Can do it at night after he works a while and they'll pay for it.

My son is 4th Gen at TTU, but that didn't get us anything special. He could only list me and maybe my dad. My gramps attended and played baseball in early 1900's when it was dixie College. Dad in early 50's and played football. Me in late 80's for MBA. And now him.
 
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That's great. And it takes pressure off them and all they had to do is concetrate on getting out. Even if you're not a technical major, internships and co-ops are there. Alot of college kids want the 'full' college experience which means barely graduating with nothing but school on the resume and summers off. Co-ops and interning is the winning ticket. I will be pushing mine toward that going into next spring. He's in computer science right now. switched from ag. would do well in eng but doesn't want that.

Depending on what yours wants long term, he should look at putting a MBA on top of the Eng. Can do it at night after he works a while and they'll pay for it.
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He's starting an MBA program sometime this year. He's a plant manager now (with another company) so he's as high as he's going to go without it.
 
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hog88 said:
He's starting an MBA program sometime this year. He's a plant manager now (with another company) so he's as high as he's going to go without it.
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He should hire me. I can commute to east side of nashville if he;s around there. I was dang good till I had to move a different direction. Was completing two greenbelts and had projects completed and proved right before we moved, so I didn't get to close them out and get my certs.
 
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