TO: support our schools wrote on May 9, 2007 10:27 AM:
" Milwaukee used to be called the 'machine shop' of America. Now look at it, it is dying. It also will receive a very expensive IV from the other WI residents pocketbook. Someone has to assemble parts, clear tables, and sweep floors. This guise of allowing 11 million illegal, under the tax radar aliens has to stop eventually. As we look the other way as they complete our menial work, at the same time the jobs run for our borders. We cannot all work for the government! "
On the other hand wrote on May 7, 2007 10:14 PM:
" 11% of your property tax payment goes to WTC "
concerned taxpayer wrote on May 7, 2007 9:55 PM:
" Good programs don't have or need studies done to show their worth. Like most education programs these have too many people working that don't teach anyone anything - they administrate and find ways to take tax dollars for their benefit. "
Same textbooks wrote on May 7, 2007 6:10 PM:
" Funny being a grad from UW-LaCrosse and WTC is funny how they use the same textbooks? Never equate price with quality. The only difference is that you buy your books from the Technical system at a lower price than you rent them From UW System.What really shocked me the book I used in my sophmore year at Tech shool we used senior year at UW? "
lock step? wrote on May 7, 2007 5:02 PM:
" good strong knees. thanks for you concern though. oh hey how are your knees? it gets hard kneeling down to pupblic opinion. "
Flame education wrote on May 7, 2007 2:02 PM:
" Flaming is one thing, running efficiently is another, telling the whole story is all together different. Is the 'lock-step' hard on your knees? "
sjal925 wrote on May 7, 2007 10:17 AM:
" how uneducated does a person have to be to flame education? i hope i never get that uneducated. "
For a long period of time...... wrote on May 7, 2007 10:00 AM:
" Hale Skemp had the contract to provide legal services for Western. After Mr. 'On too many Boards' was appointed to the WTCS Board and the Regents, the Firm where he is a partner received the contact to provide legal services for Western. Now that "has a big impact on the economy". As for me it should have gone to any other of the hundreds of local Attorneys except a sitting member on the State Technical College Board. I was told it was 'legal'. I am told Mr. Smith 'retreived' the opinion from the AG's office, himself? I also asked if at one time or another does Western take direction from the State Board, the answer was yes by all asked. That is "Economic impact"? Hmmmmm "
What a whitewash story wrote on May 7, 2007 9:49 AM:
" Where do I start? I think I will start by bring up the problem that a very large number of Technical Colleges in WI benefit funds are short. Which means we as taxpayers will fill them with our hard earned money. The Milwaukee campus alone is short over $200 million. This is just one counter point that just happened to be printed in our paper, and this article is one sided and viewed with blinders. When they attempt to brush a close to a inferring that a teaching institution is generating revenue we have lost. There PR people quite frankly need to turn it down a bit. "
support our schools wrote on May 7, 2007 9:42 AM:
" In response to rprp:
Sounds like you feel that our educational system doesn't have the positive impact the editorial suggests. With all due respect, I feel it is you that needs an education. What would Wisconsin be like without a highly educated workforce? Would the "average families" that you speak of have jobs to go to every day? What would those jobs be like and what kind of income would they provide? Would the "seniors" that you refer to have access to health care and other essential services? The times they are a changing. No longer can a person survive in today's marketplace without continually updating their skills and abilities. The value of great education will always be far beyond the dollar cost of producing it. "
4 Year Degrees wrote on May 7, 2007 8:58 AM:
" Although there may be immediate openings in the job market for technically trained people, there is always need for individuals who are versatile and adaptable to fill a wide variety of positions. We also know that people who graduate with a bachelor’s degree have an average annual income of 29 percent more than those with a two-year associate’s degree, and 50 percent more than those with a high school diploma. And the unemployment rate for those with bachelor’s degrees is lower than that for those with any lesser level of education. "
rprp wrote on May 7, 2007 7:30 AM:
" Wisconsin is an agriculture economy. Ask Mr. Doyle. This article is no big deal because the average families and seniors pay the taxes in this state, not the farmers or businesses. The educators keep taking from the taxpayers. I wonder if the average working families and seniors contribute to the economy. I know whatever the seniors and working families receive in services teachers and farmers receive a lot more. "
The real world wrote on May 6, 2007 11:28 PM:
" I graduated from this school and it gave me the training to go out and earn a good income and be a very productive member of society. This school is the way of the future as it teaches people how to do things the country needs. "
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