Are Students Working Too Much

Whom or what does Kramer blame for the problem of students working too much? Based on your experience as a college student, how valid are Kramer's indictments?

Kramer blames the price of college being so expensive for students working too much. Students are trying to get a good education but in the mean time college is very hard to pay for. Most students feel the obligation to help pay for college so they end up getting jobs. Some students will spend most of their week working at their job. This is very hard because some may say school is also a job. To keep up with both is very difficult. As a college student I know how easily students go through money. Getting a job is a good way to pay for college but it's also taking away time where students could be studying.

Could Your Facebook Profile Throw a Wrench in Your Future?

Dince attempts to look at several sides of this controversial issue. Who do you think is responsible? Should employers refrain from doing research on social networking sites or on the Internet in general, or should people post only information they are comfortable with employers seeing? To what extent do you see these employers as unethical? To what extent are students being naïve?

I don't think employers should check people's Facebook accounts before hiring someone. If that person has the qualifications for the job they should be hired based on that. It shouldn't be based on what they post on Facebook. But on the other hand too people should watch what they post on Facebook. You don't want to post anything you would regret seeing later. Some students will post party pictures with alcohol in their hands and they could easily be caught for that. Employers are being unethical when they don't hire someone based on what they post but students are being too naïve when they just post whatever and think no one will see it. Some students need to be careful with what they post.

Universities Seeing a Gender Gap in Enrollments

Albert Cruz says that he chose to forgo college for two reasons: "work would interfere with...classes" and he's already making "more money than some people who go to college." Do you think Cruz's reasons are legitimate and well though-out? If he were your friend, how would you have advised him? Explain in detail why you believe your advice is sound.

Albert has the right idea with working and already having a good job. But what if he gets fires from that job or what if that business closes. He could get an even better job with a college degree. People experience so many different opportunities at college that they didn't have before. I do believe that Albert made a good decision with finding a job that makes a lot of money to help give him a future. It's always good though to have a degree. I don't think Albert was looking at the bigger picture. If I was his friend I would advise him to go to college and get a lesser demanding job, but if he believed this was the right choice for him then I would agree with him. Some people are more into working than going to school. Some people just aren't cut out for it.  

Safe Sex and White Lies in the Time of AIDS

Meghan Daum wasn't really taught about the disease AIDS when she was in school. She believes that her generation's education is "a corrosion of the soul, a chronic dishonesty and will do more damage than the disease itself". People not knowing the correct information about the disease makes the risks of getting it increase. In school Daum was taught not to drink or ever have sex. She was taught that getting pregnant was the worst thing to ever happen to someone. Students weren't fully informed about the disease so that causes more damage to them than the disease would. They don't have the information to avoid getting the disease.