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Originally Posted by rubecube
The first point is debatable and the second doesn't match up with what we've seen in Europe. The quality of education received at German and Scandinavian schools is some of the best in the world.
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I think you meant to say "worst".
What Germany does have that I wholeheartedly endorse and want to emulate is the split "practical/apliied" stream for the less intellectually advantaged...
This free education debate is so nuanced... Allow me to riddle you this - if I/taxpayer/government cover the cost of your education, should I not be able to direct you to study something that would benefit society? I don't need you to get a Philosophy degree or even a B.Ed., given the oversupply of teachers. So, if you want a free education, study Nursing, Comp.Sci., etc. If you want to study history (I have 2 History degrees, so that you know I am not an ENG nerd dumping on the social sciences), pay your own way. Is that not the fair trade-off?
I think that "free" leads to valueless, so that loans are a better way to go, but there is a great deal of scope for debate...