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Education in the United States: an abomination

As I was filling my applications for college, I was exposed to the outrageous prices of eduction in this country.  Not one student will get out of college without a mind-boggling debt. To pay that dept you have to have a well-paying job. We all know that the major that will assure you a job these days is math majors and science major. So, college seems to only be worth it if you want to be an engineeror a doctor. I forgot lawyer. Is it normal to propose such high prices in eduction? I believe it is outrageous. Eduction of all things should be equally offered to everyone. I don't care about the rest. Just education.  Unless, educated people is not what we want...

A few days ago I met a taxi driver in New Orleans. He told me his whole life. The content was not interesting but the fact that this man lived in such awful conditions (he lived in a trailer), with no insurance. He could not take care of his daughter properly. As a consequence, she killed herself. He had nothing but his taxi. Throughout the whole ride, he kept ranting about how blacks and Hispanics wasted government money. The man had no clue or any understanding about what was going on in his country. No clue. So, even though he was poor, he continued to vote for the group who wanted to worsen his situation and help the rich.  I was devastated to hear this because I realized there cannot be a true democracy without education.

This country is ruled by the wealthy, by the aristocracy. Is that not a hairbreath" away from being ruled by a King?

 

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I think you make a compelling case. I think there are a number problems with our education system, one of them you mention. The attainability (or lack thereof) of a secondary education to those of a lower social class, in turn this only further perpetuates this class division. Another problem is the inequality between rural schools, inner-city schools, and private schools. Third and finally, the methods of teaching themselves are largely ineffective. Students are encouraged to momentarily memorize particular facts and then to discard these facts as soon as they are no longer required. It is my opinion that students should be taught how to think rather than what to think. Students should be taught how to evaluate information, how to reason, and how to encourage creativity utilizing their own interests and skills.

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If had kids would home school - public school is a sad joke.

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Third and finally, the methods of teaching themselves are largely ineffective. Students are encouraged to momentarily memorize particular facts and then to discard these facts as soon as they are no longer required. It is my opinion that students should be taught how to think rather than what to think. Students should be taught how to evaluate information, how to reason, and how to encourage creativity utilizing their own interests and skills.

I cannot believe I forgot to mention this. For years, I was taught European style. For one year, I attended an all American school. I thought the way they taught English was pretty good. Critical reading was decent. However, I did not like the way they taught mathematics. They would force us to learn a list of formulas without understanding the base on which they stand. At my other school they would teach us how to obtain the formula. Never did we have to learn by heart in math.

Anyway, I just wanted you to know that your argument gave me hope that maybe there are more like you...So, I thank you. Maybe someday this country will realize what it is truly missing. It is not military protection or food. It is a better education.

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The education in the United States is an abomination but not based on your reasoning. Government education is an monopoly. 85% of all students go to public school; therefore, if the logic and current status of education is an abomination, then the reason is government.

"This solution simply addresses a symptom of the problem, but fails to cure the actual disease. The problem with tuition rates isn’t that college is inherently expensive. A contributing factor is the government — and its subsidization of higher education — that makes it so expensive to begin with.

You may say that the government has a duty to help the poor and disadvantaged get an education! The government doesn’t give a damn about helping the poor, and here’s why.

No one wants to bring up is that colleges and universities already know students have access to low-interest loans courtesy of the government.

As a result, aware that potential students will enjoy artificially increased purchasing power, college administrators cut back on their own aid programs and raise tuition costs. It’s the very existence of these loan programs that make getting a college education so expensive in the first place.

If the government stopped providing student loans, wouldn’t tuition for college be set on the free market? “Oh, not the free market!”

For argument’s sake, let’s say the government stopped providing financial aid to all students. Most students across the country wouldn’t be able to afford tuition rates as they are currently priced. Accordingly, universities would find their classrooms nearly empty. This consequence, while sounding like Armageddon for college presidents, would actually be very beneficial to students. Because there would be no third party artificially inflating the purchasing power of prospective students, colleges would be forced to decrease tuition rates to levels that are actually affordable for most students — even students in low-income families.

Instead of the government inflating costs, the market — based on supply and demand — would determine tuition rates."College

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Instead of war, all the money should be put toward Education.

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