[Vision2020] [Spam] Should Former Deans Retain Their HighSalaries?

[Donovan Arnold]

Tom,
  
 My advice is to not do it at UI because it is a huge  waste of time and money. Especially in the Education Department because  it is a messed up program that takes you a long time because their  courses are not put in order so you can complete them in a timely  fashion and the advice they give you is poor and inaccurate. It  shouldn't take three years to get a M.Ed. after you have your BS. 
  
  But, I think you are mistaken Mr. Hansen as to time. I have only be  going to college for 7 years. Five years for my undergrad and two in  graduate school (UI statistical average is actually higher).  I  didn't start going until I was 25 years old. Between 19 and 24 I worked  as a manager at a small business in Cd'A. Three of those 7years were  part time because I had to work in order to afford college. In respect  to the last two years of my education, I should be further along in my  M.Ed. program but am not because the person that designed the program  must have been on crack at the time.  
  
  I also work full time Mr. Hansen, just like you do, but for more money. 
  
  If you think loans are an aid, I guess you could say I am all for that  type of aid. I think if the government gave out more loans and less  freebies society would be better off. 
  
  Best,
  
  _DJA
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:  Enlighten us, Arnold -

What is your opinion of professional students, those members of society
whose only apparent purpose in life is to go from class to class, semester
after semester, year after year, while receiving government aid in the form
of student loans?

Tom Hansen
Vandalville
UI '96

"I think one of the best ways to support education is to make successful
private schools like Logos prosper through tax exemption."

- Donovan Arnold (July 11, 2005)

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Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:29 PM
To: Joe Campbell
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Spam] Should Former Deans Retain Their
HighSalaries?

Joe,

Not every dollar given to a government run school provides a positive return
to the taxpayer. And not every college degree produced is worth the expense
of producing it. Paying a lousy university president that is no longer
president doesn't increase the value of the degree either, as your argument
seems to be predicated upon. 

The risk of not paying your taxes is not equal to the risk not investing in
a particular company, to make such a comparison as you did, is illogical. 

I am for limiting government spending to what is productive and beneficial
to society. There are limits to what people can afford to pay. Torturing the
working class by making them pay for luxurious salaries for former
government employees is highly unethical in my opinion. After a certain
point, people get a diminished return on their investment in government, UI
has demonstrated this. 

Best,

_DJA 




 		
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