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RE: Riots in Chile: Why Dont American Students Care about Tuition Rises?

in #life • 8 years ago

I find it absurd that people are complaining about education costs today. Hasn't any of them ever been on the internet?!

Nowadays you get learn pretty much anything for free. Some subjects might be difficult to learn alone, but most of what's taught in the schools can be found online. In many occasions the quality is even better than in universities because you can choose the material that is best for you, and avoid the material that professor wants you to buy only because he gets comission.

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    While I see your point, I think that this approach misses two of the broader issues.

    1. The way that the current job market is set up makes it incredibly difficult to get your foot in the door without a degree of some kind. It doesnt really matter what kind of degree, as long as you have one. This speaks to both the widening gap between rich and poor (and the way society is turning more and more into a have/have not situation), as well as to the lack of emphasis on actual education as opposed to a meaningless hurdle on the way to a bureaucratic position. Think the way Han China functioned during the decline of its empire, with uselessly impossible tests to become a state bureaucrat.
    2. Many, many households dont have the time or ability to spend hours and hours learning certain materials online with a view to nothing but (at least to them) abstract benefits. When you are living paycheck to paycheck, there is little motivation to go online and personally learn how to do some coding if your lack of degree is going to keep you from getting a job easily anyways. Yes, there are opportunities for those without degrees and yes, with hard work and intelligence you can create your own path. But not everybody can take this approach, either due to their circumstances (like a single mother with two jobs and three children) or because of their previous lack of education. (now im referring to public education as well as higher) Education of some kind is frequently necessary to develop the thinking habits required in order to be able to logically and rationally weigh the options in the world and try to create a path from them. Many people simply dont have those skills.
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