Reading: A Birth Control ... College Diploma Mills #32

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Reading: A Birth Control Tool

A love of reading has many benefits including reducing unexpected babies from love-making.

Human Nature:

For the vast majority of humanity the greatest joy in life is the cheeriO. Desmond Morris in "The Naked Ape" cited 90% of human find sex to be their most enjoyable life experience, emotional vacations from life's challenges. An irony is how the act to escape the reality of everyday life makes life harder with unplanned pregnancies that necessitates more escapes.
Alduous Huxley, the author of "Brave New World" wherein soma and sex were the politically endorsed activities, said "An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex." This means that at times--not all the time--an intellectual is thinking about something other than sex.

Is reading a factor why the state of Mississippi is #1 in unplanned pregnancies and #2 in lowest education? Bored people seek cheap, easy thrills. Nothing is as cheap as a cheeriO.

A study of social norms showed the cost of intimacy for a male was the lowest in history. The cost unit of measurement? Time. How much time must a male spend in worktime or talktime to win the battle of the sexes.

Curiosity and reading are keys to a happier life, in part, by lessening the chances of an unwarranted, expensive pregnancies. The Japanese have a saying, "The most expensive things in life are first free." Free parking is often $100 towing fee. Free love can be an 18 years of child costs. There are no free lunches, only hidden costs.

Cost of Raising a Child: Personal, Crime and Climate
Raising a child in the U.S. costs an average of $303,418 to over $400,000 from birth to age 18, depending on your location and lifestyle. This averages out to about $16,850 to $23,000 per year, which excludes higher education and medical delivery costs. (Google: Cost of raising a child in U.S.) At an average U.S. hourly wage of $25/hour, the dollar figures translate into 12,000 lifetime workhours or 500 annual workhours. This time does not include the other time demands of raising a child.
Taxpayers and businesses are often required to pay for people's freedom who had cheeriOs beyond their financial means.

Supreme Court: The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions from bad values:
The John Roberts Court reversal of Roe vs. Wade has two costs not discussed.

In the 1990s, politicians and police bragged about the drop in crime. They claimed better policing. Truth is that there were fewer criminals being born as a result of easy access to abortion. Crime dropped because there were fewer criminals.
Each human is a CO2-sinner who in annually generates 14 metric tons of unneeded CO2. In 70 years that is 980 metric tons.

The US Supreme Court has increased future street crime and climate hell.
If our values do not match Mother Nature's morality of more time then we will have less happiness and less time.

Timism's solution to improve love of reading
Currently, the means for encouraging young people to read are failing. Ask any college professor about the reading skills of incoming freshmen. A functionally illiterate citizenry is a danger to itself and others. Americans are low vocabulary readers who voted for the empty overblown promises of a non-reading, social media President.
Quantification for needed learning not purported learning.

Students who are below average in reading are required to attend Saturday school (tutored by citizens who are volunteering for the healthcare credits).
Students who fail to show up for tutoring will have their homes de-electrified initially for seven days. (This punishment for not being a responsible citizen also applies to being tardy or absent from school.)

Standardized tests are needed for all levels including college. An economy needs members who have the basic math and reading skills to optimally recognize and solve problems. There are people who don't seek employment because they cannot read the simple guidelines of being a fast-food server.
Standardized national tests are especially needed for college courses and degrees. Diploma mills now give credits for life experiences. Everyday, new on-line colleges are advertised on TV offering degrees for next-to-nothing in new learning. As a person who completed undergrad cum laude in just over two years at a 4-year state university of 29,000 students(transcript), I am a victim of "stolen honor" when a person on TicToc brags about an undergraduate degree and a masters degree in less than a year for a few thousand dollars.
The Roman Emperor Augustus ordered a census of the Roman Empire about two thousand years ago. The U.S. needs to use the internet to assess individual's reading, writing and math skills. Those who fall below a national standard will be required to take on-line courses until sufficiently knowledgeable of basic information. Refusals can expect to be de-electrified for wasting one's mind. Some groups will object to teaching basic information. Learners don't need to believe it, but they need to know what society, not non-societies, deem as needed for a stable world.
Mandatory for all: You don't have to believe them but you have to know them with a 100% test score no matter how many times you take the tests.

Declaration of Independence
U.S. Constitution
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Scientific History of the Universe and Earth:

**Timism's solution to improve love of reading**
Currently, the means for encouraging young people to read are failing. Ask any college professor about the reading skills of incoming freshmen. A functionally illiterate citizenry is a danger to itself and others. Americans are low vocabulary readers who voted for the empty overblown promises of a non-reading, social media President. Quantification for needed learning not purported learning. Students who are below average in reading are required to attend Saturday school (tutored by citizens who are volunteering for the healthcare credits). Students who fail to show up for tutoring will have their homes de-electrified initially for seven days. (This punishment for not being a responsible citizen also applies to being tardy or absent from school.) Standardized tests are needed for all levels including college. An economy needs members who have the basic math and reading skills to optimally recognize and solve problems. There are people who don't seek employment because they cannot read the simple guidelines of being a fast-food server. Standardized national tests are especially needed for college courses and degrees. Diploma mills now give credits for life experiences. Everyday, new on-line colleges are advertised on TV offering degrees for next-to-nothing in new learning. As a person who completed undergrad cum laude in just over two years at a 4-year state university of 29,000 students(transcript), I am a victim of "stolen honor" when a person on TicToc brags about an undergraduate degree and a masters degree in less than a year for a few thousand dollars. The Roman Emperor Augustus ordered a census of the Roman Empire about two thousand years ago. The U.S. needs to use the internet to assess individual's reading, writing and math skills. Those who fall below a national standard will be required to take on-line courses until sufficiently knowledgeable of basic information. Refusals can expect to be de-electrified for wasting one's mind. Some groups will object to teaching basic information. Learners don't need to believe it, but they need to know what society, not non-societies, deem as needed for a stable world. Mandatory for all: You don't have to believe them but you have to know them with a 100% test score no matter how many times you take the tests. Declaration of Independence U.S. Constitution Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Scientific History of the Universe and Earth:

For-profit colleges are funded by Pell Grants and student loans. They are more expensive and less beneficial than public institutions. The graduated student has high debts and low prospects. Considered the following contrast that was prepared for a young friend thinking about going to a for-profit private school versus a community college.

Virginia Community College versus Virginia College (A For-Profit School)
Community College For-Profit College Comment

Bankrupt Never December 2018 5 months ago, headlines show they go bankrupt frequently. Owners start new ones with new names. A rip-off. RTD headline (Dec. 5, 2018): Thousands of students impacted after Virginia College abruptly closes.

Tuition Free $14,000 Atlantic: For-Profit Colleges Leave Students Swimming in Debt

Graduation 58% 25%

Loan Defaults 14% 7%

Building 3 sites Strip mall Community College owns buildings and property while For-Profit College rents space

History 1972 1983(1992)

Accreditation Yes None A cheap, worthless degree.

Accountability Yes None Community College: taxpayers, State Board of education, Governor.

Quality high low A cheap, worthless degree in real world.

Credits Transfer Yes no For-Profit College is a diploma mill, that is, it's diplomas are not backed up by education. Your class credits cannot be transferred to a 4-year school. Community College's credits are transferable to Virginia 4-year universities.

Faculty, PhD Many Temps, few Revolving door, For-Profit College has no permanent staff

Greed is behind the diploma mills: Individual and Institution. Do not expect the media to be forthright as indicated by the actions of the Washington Post. Before the Graham family sold the Post to Jeff Bezo for $250 million, Ninety-five percent(95%) of the Post's profits came from its chain of for-profit schools. The family sold the Post but kept the schools.
The big question is why do politicians allow For-Profit schools to stiff naive, 1st generation students with no education and with life-destroying debt?

**Virginia Community College versus Virginia College (A For-Profit School)**
	Community College	For-Profit College	Comment
Bankrupt	Never	December 2018	5 months ago, headlines show they go bankrupt frequently. Owners start new ones with new names. A rip-off. RTD headline (Dec. 5, 2018): Thousands of students impacted after Virginia College abruptly closes.
Tuition	Free	$14,000	Atlantic: For-Profit Colleges Leave Students Swimming in Debt
Graduation	58%	25%
Loan Defaults	14%	7%
Building	3 sites	Strip mall	Community College owns buildings and property while For-Profit College rents space
History	1972	1983(1992)
Accreditation	Yes	None	A cheap, worthless degree.
Accountability	Yes	None	Community College: taxpayers, State Board of education, Governor.
Quality	high	low	A cheap, worthless degree in real world.
Credits Transfer	Yes	no	For-Profit College is a diploma mill, that is, it's diplomas are not backed up by education. Your class credits cannot be transferred to a 4-year school. Community College's credits are transferable to Virginia 4-year universities.
Faculty, PhD	Many	Temps, few	Revolving door, For-Profit College has no permanent staff
Greed is behind the diploma mills: Individual and Institution. Do not expect the media to be forthright as indicated by the actions of the Washington Post. Before the Graham family sold the Post to Jeff Bezo for $250 million, Ninety-five percent(95%) of the Post's profits came from its chain of for-profit schools. The family sold the Post but kept the schools. The big question is why do politicians allow For-Profit schools to stiff naive, 1st generation students with no education and with life-destroying debt?

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