Ottawa Sun online – Furey: Time to end university racket

http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/09/20/furey-time-to-end-university-racket

Congratulations in telling it like it is.

Carleton University in my mindset would really really be the last chance “U” in my opinion.

But hold on here for a minute. Probably all Universities in whatever disguise do the same. It’s just a matter of how refined they are in presenting a course program to possible candidates and judging the interest in them.

In my opinion lots of University students are stuck between a rock and a hard place. You need the degree to graduate and get a descent job. Yet that job is mostly horizontal and a go nowhere position until you learn the ropes. Hey, you want to skyrocket to the top, no problem fall inline with the “clic” and connive for your position. Hey, you’ve done great, all the competition slaughtered and you’ve earned top marks and top of the line Master Honcho of XYZ corporation or government dept. If you’re really lucky, you’ve stuck gold and now are at the head of your new found venture corporation and spewing out the one liner mantras to your next god, products & services. Everyone is hypnotized and under your spell and snapping in whatever you have for sale. Witness iPhone 5 today – surprise. But wait, in our throw away societies the next best thing is just around the corner and still better yet. iPhone 6, the end all be all. Where it stops nobody knows or cares, as long as the wheel and circles it creates, ends up bringing in a profit and is seen as a success.

Do I seem jaded to you ???? Hell no, I’ve still got lots in me even though what I see out there on a day to day basis even for the new aspiring graduate stars is a bunch of potholes and broken down accidents.

What I’m actually saying is this !

Take off the rose colored glasses, because no one is immune to the backroom deals in every fabric of our societies. No one. If you think your immune, I wanna know your secrets.

And if you don’t believe me…. well stay tuned on my blockbuster announcements down the road ! At least it’ll give your heads a good shake and maybe start the process of what the hell is really going on and needs to change. Yep the old 3.1415….. rears it’s ugly head. Well no one can escape that… and time’s up ladies and gentlemen ! TIMES UP.

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