Many people believe that higher education is a de facto scam. Trump University, Donald Trump’s real-estate institution, was a de jure one. First thing first, Trump University was n... moreMany people believe that higher education is a de facto scam. Trump University, Donald Trump’s real-estate institution, was a de jure one. First thing first, Trump University was never a university. When the “school” was established in 2005, the New York State Education Department warned that it was in violation of state law for operating without a NYSED license. Trump ignored the warnings. (The institution is now called, ahem, “Trump Entrepreneur Initiative.”) Cue lawsuits. Trump University is currently the defendant in three lawsuits — two class-action lawsuits filed in California, and one filed in New York by then-attorney general Eric Schneiderman, who told CNN’s New Day in 2013: “We started looking at Trump University and discovered that it was a classic bait-and-switch scheme. It was a scam, starting with the fact that it was not a university.” Trump U “students” say the same. In his affidavit, Richard Hewson reported that he and his wife “concluded that we had paid over $20,000 for nothing, based on our b... less
Ordinarily I'd like to agree with Oprah (being something of a heroine to me), but in this case...I dunno. Which is better; to respect and appreciate what makes us different as ind... moreOrdinarily I'd like to agree with Oprah (being something of a heroine to me), but in this case...I dunno. Which is better; to respect and appreciate what makes us different as individuals...or to surrender our individual uniqueness to group identity?
Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay on the Push for "Inclusion" (Not Diversity)...
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel". I think that is very true. Do you?
