Both persons should be "educated" well in advance by the particular institution of higher learning to which they apply as to which courses being offered would facilitate which goal. — charles ferraro
And this a value judgment many if not most would not share. In the US, for example, we live today in a country of stunningly and dangerously ignorant people. Because their education failed them in withdrawing the requirements for courses that would make of them "educated persons." Lots of technical proficiency to be sure, but half of them thought, and think, Trump a great president and a great man. That's not politics of red v. blue, rather it is ignorance in practice, called stupidity.Also, the former persons should always be required to pay the full cost of their education out of their own resources and not be able to qualify for loans. Whereas, the latter persons should be able to qualify for loans that they can pay back with relative ease because of their guaranteed future earnings. — charles ferraro
The only justification for the government to pay for 12 years of education and not 16 is because it costs more for 16 and the government believes 12 years of education is good enough for society. That prevailing justification is likely outdated.
I'd submit that society suffers terribly from an undereducated public, and it's a true tragedy for someone to be deprived of his full intellectual development. To limit one's education deprives him of his full personhood.
And so it's a matter of money and priority. We fund roads without flinching, but not higher education, but really there's nothing conservative about limiting public education to 12 years and liberal about funding 16 years. It's just a matter of how many lanes you want on the highway and how many grades you want in the school. — Hanover
History teaches us, over and over again, to beware precisely those totalitarian leaders and "PROFESSORS" who know absolutely how to distinguish the "good" from the "bad" man!!!!!!! — charles ferraro
Literally millions of innocent souls suffered this horrible fate, or were physically destroyed because they refused to conform to statist demands. — charles ferraro
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