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I know a new study has some parents // wondering wheather high price college educations are really worth it ,the study shows less than half of college seniors know the battle of York town ended the American revolution or, that NATO was formed to resist the spread of communism,in fact // the results from the Nonprofit Intercollegiates Studies Institute ,shows college kids average an "f" on the civics test,so is the traditional college education really alleged cracked,cracked up to be these days.

Joining us now is Las Vegas radio host Haidy Harris,Haidy,thanks for joining us on this.

Thank you Steve,good morning.

Well,kids do not seem to be learning their civics or their history lessons,ah,why not do you think?

Well,they are too busy with gender studies,you know I just for kicks this morning I looked on the website of / Cornell University,and they have courses offering things like cyber feminism gender and international development ,they even have a course there on gossip ,and I'm wondering if parents realize where they spend a fortune sending their kids to college,if these are the course the kids should be taking,if the kids want to take them, in additon to regular college course/ it's fine, but they're spending all their time learning tolerance and these women studies programs ,or women learn to play boys againest girls, and I don't think it benifits them in long term,because when they leave, they don't have an education.

You don't think tolerance is a legitimate goal?

I think it's a legitimate goal,but I don't think that's what parents send their kids for , tolerance should be something taught in a home by the parents before the kids get to college,that's not what college's there for, it's there to teach you skills and give you an education,things you can lose,you can use later on in life, and I don't think they are getting that in colleges and this study has proven that.

Now why do you think it's important for all of us to know that the battle of the York town ended the American revolution,I,I knew that a long time ago then forgot ,is it really essential?

Well,I don't know that it's essential in day-to-day life,but I think what this study reveals,is that there's a lot of missing,uh, information with kids,they don't understand ,for example why we have our constitution,they don't understand why we have the rights,we have, and I think that's important for kids to understand ,because they appreciate America,and to me that's the important thing,or to understand world history ,tolerance is fine,but i think parents send their kids to college to get an advanced education and they're just not getting it any more.

Now one school even has a you-tube course where kids watch a you-tube video ,is this in your view a waste of time or is it really the wave of the future?

Well,you know well, it may be the wave of the future ,I ,that's one of the colleges in California that you mentioned,and I have to laugh about the you-tube course,listen to that, people want to take these things after hours ,that's their business,but I think parents should know these things before they send their children to colleges especially these expensive ones,that these are the kind of things their kids are learning,and what does the course on you-tube really,how to say,benefit you,when it comes to prospects , / job prospects,I have a relative who graduated from an Ivy League College recently, a lot of the kids she graduated with were / working in coffee shops,because they weren't prepared after their parents spent all this money,to go out the real world and earn a living.

Haidy Harris from Las Vegas , thanks for joining us.

Thank you Steve.

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