Fail State

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04/27/2022 I think that this movie only gives half of the picture. I have earned almost a doctorate coming from an underprivileged white family. I had to work my tail off to prove myself. I went all the way to early retirement, and had been through many hoops. Most of the students I went to school with wanted a piece of paper and never did the work. In fact many of them never read the assignments and laughed at me, saying that I was wasting my time to do the work. The professors had college tests from 35 and 40 years ago.... And the students already knew the answers! The left-leaning professors tried to tell me what to think If you had another ideology you were most unwelcomed in the class. The government handed out money left and right to people who definitely did not deserve it. Also many students picked majors such as literature and art looking for a quick way out. Professors are way overpaid, and many of them should be banned from teaching. This movie does not accurately display how we got to this condition. Lobbyists, unions and lawmakers persist in handing out diplomas and making promises that they know that can never be kept. Finally, all the education in the world can't teach common sense. And that is why a college education cannot guarantee success. It is the blind leading the blind. See more s r @ScottR 09/14/2019 Raises some good questions, but certainly from one side. Any solutions to this mess would have been helpful. See more 05/16/2019 An ABSOLUTE MUST SEE!! It's such a shame how these for profit colleges have made millions on the backs of our lowest socioeconomic class and veterans. Total shams. See more 12/17/2018 A very important and well-made film about a topic not discussed often enough-- the erosion of the once noble higher education system in the United States. The film spells out how private interests were able to corrupt it into a money making system that favors investors over students, defrauding entire generations in order to get them into massive debt. Our grandparents had no student debt hanging over their generation. This generation has 44 million people suffering under 1.4 trillion in student loan debt and it is going to become the next major financial crisis in our time. I hope that people see and share this film so that enough of us become savvy enough soon enough to make a difference. See more Read all reviews

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