This Link Is So Wrong You Can't Decide Where To Begin

[PhuturePriest]

http://www.fixthefamily.com/blog/6-reasons-to-not-send-your-daughter-to-college

 

I feel bad for posting this, as I know it will cause Basilisa Marie's brain to (Justifiably) explode.

 

Also, it was Lillabettt's idea that I post this. I'm a sheep, so I obeyed. The more you know.

[4588686]

Lilllabettt is a drunkard and a philanderer.

[PhuturePriest]

Lilllabettt is a drunkard and a philanderer.

 

She also went to college, so according to this link she is a bad Catholic woman who should be ashamed of herself for daring to attempt to think.

 

[TheresaThoma]

:popcorn:

I think the comments are the best part of the article. 

Sigh.... silly people

[EmilyAnn]

It's so stupid I can't even take it seriously (although I'm sure the author is dead serious about their opinion).

[homeschoolmom]

<Sigh> Went to college. Graduated debt-free. Got married. Worked until baby #1 came along. Quit my job. Been home ever since. There's nothing that says you can't both "go to college" and "stay home as a homemaker."

[Era Might]

I wish I could be a homemaker. i'd make a lovely home.

Edited September 15, 2013 by Era Might

[add]

College education is overrated, knowledge and wisdom are two totally different things

[Lilllabettt]

There are many reasons not to send a child to college, exactly zero of which apply exclusively to girls.

 

I said this on facebook and I was only half-kidding: the social welfare benefits of women's education are so great that it is a woman's religious and patriotic duty to get as much education as she can possibly stand.

 

Both statements "all women should go to college" or "women should not go to college" are patently bad but if we do generalize I think it should be in favor of more formal education not less --- especially where women are concerned.

Edited September 15, 2013 by Lilllabettt

[PhuturePriest]

There are many reasons not to send a child to college, exactly zero of which apply exclusively to girls.

 

I said this on facebook and I was only half-kidding: the social welfare benefits of women's education are so great that it is a woman's religious and patriotic duty to get as much education as she can possibly stand.

 

Both statements "all women should go to college" or "women should not go to college" are patently bad but if we do generalize I think it should be in favor of more formal education not less --- especially where women are concerned.

 

If you say that, people take it to mean that you want to make sure women aren't suppressed. If I say that, people think I'm mocking women's intelligence.

 

See how sexist America is?

[PhuturePriest]

<Sigh> Went to college. Graduated debt-free. Got married. Worked until baby #1 came along. Quit my job. Been home ever since. There's nothing that says you can't both "go to college" and "stay home as a homemaker."

 

My sister went to college and never even got a job. She just got married and everything has been peachy ever since. Now her children will have a theologian for a mother, which is always a bonus.

[Maggyie]

I love how one of the reasons is that you attract the wrong kind of man.

 

Ummm, college-educated men are more likely to have resourcefulness, higher IQs and higher incomes, all good things to have when providing for a family. And who do those men usually marry? Statistically - it's college educated women. It's all about the "marriage market" and a woman with a college degree has WAY more success in the market than one with an h.s. diploma.

 

Every once in a while you will see a man with a bachelor's or higher marry a woman with a high school diploma or lower. But it's not typical.

 

People with college degrees experience less Alzheimer's. In one study, for every year of higher education completed, you reduce your risk by 11% - that's 44% by the time you get your degree. In another study, you were 3 times less likely to wind up with memory loss if you completed college.

 

Sending a girl to college often delays marriage and motherhood, and the older a woman is when she gets married, the lower her risk of divorce. The older she is when she becomes a mother, the lower her risk of poverty.

 

So unless you want your daughter to be an impoverished single mom to x number of kids, with an uneducated, teenaged ex-husband and a future of dementia, send her to college.

 

Okay, totally unfair generalization, I'm just mirroring the mental prowess displayed in the article.

[PhuturePriest]

I love how one of the reasons is that you attract the wrong kind of man.

 

Ummm, college-educated men are more likely to have resourcefulness, higher IQs and higher incomes, all good things to have when providing for a family. And who do those men usually marry? Statistically - it's college educated women. It's all about the "marriage market" and a woman with a college degree has WAY more success in the market than one with an h.s. diploma.

 

Every once in a while you will see a man with a bachelor's or higher marry a woman with a high school diploma or lower. But it's not typical.

 

People with college degrees experience less Alzheimer's. In one study, for every year of higher education completed, you reduce your risk by 11% - that's 44% by the time you get your degree. In another study, you were 3 times less likely to wind up with memory loss if you completed college.

 

Sending a girl to college often delays marriage and motherhood, and the older a woman is when she gets married, the lower her risk of divorce. The older she is when she becomes a mother, the lower her risk of poverty.

 

So unless you want your daughter to be an impoverished single mom to x number of kids, with an uneducated, teenaged ex-husband and a future of dementia, send her to college.

 

Okay, totally unfair generalization, I'm just mirroring the mental prowess displayed in the article.

 

I plan to go to Benedictine. Benedictine is NOTORIOUS for everyone getting married right away to a person they were dating in college. It didn't delay motherhood for her in the slightest, as she never would have met her husband if she didn't go to college, and they live slightly far away, so even if they did, it would have taken longer for them to get married.

[Not The Philosopher]

She also went to college, so according to this link she is a bad Catholic woman who should be ashamed of herself for daring to attempt to think.

 

 

There's a version of this picture with the faces swapped. I wish I still had it.

[PhuturePriest]

There's a version of this picture with the faces swapped. I wish I still had it.

 

I actively seek to avoid that one.

[cmaD2006]

I find it funny that they stay anonymous ... there's no way to report the site to the appropriate Bishop!

[Norseman82]

Some of the comments on that blog are not Catholic-friendly. 

 

The blog's author makes some very valid points to consider - the immorality on college campuses, the high cost of a college education that leaves graduates in debt for years (which, yes, can impact religious vocations).  However, this is something that affects not only women, but men as well.  So, an alternate solution would be to attend community colleges and commuter colleges (not only do they cost less, but living at home as opposed to in a dormitory situation can lessen the occasions of the temptations that the author is concerned about).  Additionally, there are scholarship opportunities, and some companies offer tuition reimbursement for employees for college courses.

 

However, reading between the lines, I think the greater issue is whether he believes women should be in the workforce in the first place (and yes, I have encountered Catholics who are against women in the workforce).

 

<Sigh> Went to college. Graduated debt-free.

 

Same here.  I went to a commuter college and worked almost full-time.

 

 

My sister went to college and never even got a job. She just got married and everything has been peachy ever since. Now her children will have a theologian for a mother, which is always a bonus.

 

To play "devil's advocate", how much college debt does she have, or did she marry a rich options trader at the board of trade who paid it all off already?  Or (again playing devil's advocate), will they be using NFP illicitly to limit the number of children in order to pay off student debt, but a house, and save for their kids' educations?  (I'm just parroting the thinking of the blog's author).

 

 

Edited September 15, 2013 by Norseman82

[Norseman82]

I find it funny that they stay anonymous ... there's no way to report the site to the appropriate Bishop!

 

Actually, if you click on the "About" and "Bios" tabs, they give their names, pictures, and general locations (as well as the parish info for the other blog contributor), so they are not completely anonymous. 

Edited September 15, 2013 by Norseman82

[Apotheoun]

College is overrated, and I say this as a person with multiple college degrees. 

 

A person (male or female) should go to college because they have a real desire to study a particular subject. Otherwise they should just look for work and live life.

[PhuturePriest]

Some of the comments on that blog are not Catholic-friendly. 

 

The blog's author makes some very valid points to consider - the immorality on college campuses, the high cost of a college education that leaves graduates in debt for years (which, yes, can impact religious vocations).  However, this is something that affects not only women, but men as well.  So, an alternate solution would be to attend community colleges and commuter colleges (not only do they cost less, but living at home as opposed to in a dormitory situation can lessen the occasions of the temptations that the author is concerned about).  Additionally, there are scholarship opportunities, and some companies offer tuition reimbursement for employees for college courses.

 

However, reading between the lines, I think the greater issue is whether he believes women should be in the workforce in the first place.

 

 

Same here.  I went to a commuter college and worked almost full-time.

 

 

 

To play "devil's advocate", how much college debt does she have, or did she marry a rich options trader at the board of trade who paid it all off already?  Or (again playing devil's advocate), will they be using NFP illicitly to limit the number of children in order to pay off student debt, but a house, and save for their kids' educations?  (I'm just parroting the thinking of the blog's author).

 

She still has sizable college debt, her husband (Who went to college with her) is a manager at Wal-Mart, so he's not a particularly rich guy, and they got pregnant within a month of being married. They just had the baby a few weeks ago, in fact. Her husband thinks the perfect number of children is between 8 and 12, and she seems to agree.