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RE: Riots in Chile: Why Dont American Students Care about Tuition Rises?
The "get good grades, go to university, and get a good career at a stable company" model is obsolete. Young people today are buying into an outdated strategy that no longer works for most. They just end up getting lured into a debt trap that they spend the rest of their lives struggling to get out of. I consider myself extremely fortunate to have figured the scam out early in life so that I was able to avoid it. Most aren't so lucky. :(
Unfortunately, in many ways university provides the education many need to acquire the critical thinking skills necessary to be able to deduce that reality. Luckily there are many free options for educating oneself available now (as @samupaha mentioned below), but I think the task at this point is creating an environment where more people can utilize and benefit from them.
Agreed. That's exactly what we're doing down here with Fort Galt. The idea is to make an environment where people can come and get a taste of what it means to start a business and take charge of your own destiny. It has been legally classified as an educational institution.