AppalachianRNstudent

1. It's not my idea. It's predicated on the theory of permanent revolution founded by Trotsky and the establishment of the ICFI in 1938. 2. To paraphrase Trotsky - the revolution begins on the national arena - it unfolds on the international arena and is completed on the world stage with the entire transition of our planet. 3. Gibberish. 4. A complete misunderstanding of my argument. Bye.

It's a complicated question because each attempt took place under certain and varying objective conditions. Russia for example was a thoroughly backward country. This dynamic set the stage for Stalin and Bukharin's eventual capitulation to the theory of "socialism in one country" which is not Marxist. The adoption of this theory led to a deformed workers state with a powerful bureaucratic caste set apart from the rest of society. China (through Mao and the CCP) followed a similar path in the 1950's. Mao catered to the rural peasantry and the national bourgeoisie - which was decidedly anti-working class and anti-socialist. The motivation to "be great" is trumped by the need for food, clothing, shelter, education, health care, transportation, arts & culture etc . . . Socialism represents the next stage in human social evolution - an improvement of society. Last, the vast amount of wealth currently concentrated in the hands of the few is enough to allow everyone a reasonably high standard of living - which could portend true freedom for mankind if it were expropriated and re-allocated to meet human need.

My conception of socialism is not idealist - but grounded in objective reality and informed by the materialist conception of history. The theory of utopian socialism (which actually postulated that communes and moral arguments were the road to socialism) died with Claude Saint-Simon and Robert Owen in the early 19th century. Marx and Engels rightly explained that any struggle for socialism must take - as it's point of departure - the objective conditions of the world beginning with it's economic foundation. Human nature is not a static set of qualities that always lead to X, Y, or Z. The world always changes and human nature must adapt to these changes or be cast to extinction. Capitalism is a protracted state of decay - we must adapt or be cast into barbarism. I challenge you to name one communist country that has ever existed on this planet.

Communism has never been implemented on this planet - so I fail to see how you could say that "it doesn't work". I'm fine where I am. In the future, keep your comments on where you think I should live to yourself. North Korea is not a Communist country. I'd be curious to read what you think Marx was "wrong" about.

Again, education should be free. And it can be as well if society were founded on a socio-economic system that put need over profit. The world is in an advanced state of imperialist (which is capitalist in an international expression) decay. The only way forward is for workers - internationally - to seize political power, independent of the large bourgeois political parties (in the US that would be the Democrats and the Republicans) in a concerted effort to fight for socialism. The opportunity would then arise for the freeing up of vast amounts of resources (through the expropriation of the big banks and transnational corporations and the complete) that could be re-allocated to fund education, health care, transportation and infrastructure projects, jobs, and a wide host of other social programs. Don't believe the lie that "there is no money". There is plenty of money to fund wars of imperialist agression that seek geo-political influence and resources and bailouts and tax breaks for those most privileged in the world. That money belongs to workers - it's time we get it back.

I agree with the OP's position that student loan debt should be forgiven but, I don't think signing petitions is going to accomplish anything. Workers, students and the poor need to look beyond the confines of government and pursue their own interests, independent of the two parties of big business (the Democrats and the Republicans).

Don't be fooled, there is actually more than enough money to guarantee K-Phd education for anyone who wants it and has the intelligence to pursue it. This can be accomplished through the expropriation of the big banks and transfer of the transnational corporations into public enterprises - controlled democratically by workers in an effort to meet the needs of masses - not the profit interests of the few.

Education should be free.

Take frequent breaks. If I were you I would read for 30 minutes - then take a five-ten minute break. Use your break to do some deep breathing - or whatever it is that helps you relax. I also agree with drawing - it helps me.

It sounds like you are doing the right thing if the thought of nursing makes you that unhappy. I don't think you wasted three years of your life either. Those pre-reqs will count toward something. Keep your chin up.

It's not bad if you are single. I think it takes the right temperment too. I wouldn't recommend it if you are in a committed relationship.

I don't make resolutions. I understand why some folks do - they can be really motivating for some. I just try to keep a good balance. 90 percent study/lecture/clinicals - 10 percent everything else. ;-)

Maybe. I really don't know the details regarding how current standards were instituted regarding FNP minimum competency and education. If nurses collectively advocated for more control over their profession - and attempted to consolidate power democratically in the nursing workforce in order to implement real-world standards in terms of competency and education, that's something that I could get behind. But, as I understand it right now, these decisions are not made in such a way. So, aspiring NP's have to live in the real world and play by the rules if they want to get their MSN or DNP.

None of us here (as far as I know) make the rules regarding how long a nurse has to be on the floor until s/he can become an NP. I think it depends on the academic institution. For example, there are a few near me that require two years at least part time floor experience before being accepted into an MSN or DNP program.

I agree with NurseLoveJoy88 (except for the part where she says that those sorts of OP's probably wish they could be NP's - I don't know what they wish - and I don't care either). Personally, my plan is to be an FNP. Right now I'm an ADN student and a CNA in a nursing home. I think it could be a great career. I hope to get a job when I get my ADN. After that - I'd like to go to school part time - work part time and hopefully get my MSN (or DNP if I'm unlucky) in 6-7 years. We'll see, hardly anything works out exactly to plan.