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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
You're assuming that more poor and working class people would pursue a college education if they could afford it. That's an unfounded assumption. It may seem strange from the vantage point of the educated middle-class, but not everyone wants a post-secondary education.
45 per cent of 18- to 29-year-olds in the U.S. strongly feel college is not necessary to get ahead.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/...y-to-get-ahead
The college-or-bust mentality is itself a North American middle-class value. Egalitarian countries like Germany recognize not everyone should (or is even capable of) attend university. They recognize people can make valuable contributions, and earn a good salary, in non-academic fields. Steering non-academic students towards trades and blue-collar work in high school will serve the poor and working class better than making college cheaper. |
Other silly things the majority of Americans believe.
https://coed.com/2010/01/24/the-10-m...eople-believe/
"60% of Americans believe in the story of Noah’s Ark, word by word."
"Around half of the people in the United States believe that God created earth somewhere between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago."
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Originally Posted by stone hands
why? seems like a very sensible take to me
we still need carpenters, plumbers and other type jobs. we live in a society that looks down upon honest, hard working blue collar jobs that literally build the country and has fostered this notion that unless you go and spend 4 years in university and become a middle manager, you've failed in life
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Of course its silly because no one is saying that everyone has to go to university or college and end up as a middle manager. The argument is that education needs to be free or as cost free as possible, and this includes trade and vocational schools. Trademen still need education on how to ply their craft. That should be covered as well.