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> What makes you define art school in particular as something we should pay for everyone to do, rather than a luxury? We're not outright paying for it. We're t
by chime 10y ago
> What makes you define art school in particular as something we should pay for everyone to do, rather than a luxury?
We're not outright paying for it. We're taking a risk on it. If we create a society that supports art and culture, then these degrees will result in good paying careers. If we create a society where 9/10 art students end up as baristas, then we're losing a slice of humanity in addition to the unpayable student debt.
We can get into a debate of whether one needs art school to have a career in art but that's not the point I was trying to make. If a university teaches 100 subjects, do we want to be a society that says only kids whose parents make over $250k can afford to be in these 10 specific majors?
- TallGuyShort 10y agoIf 9 of the 10 art students end up as baristas, it might be because we're not creating a society that supports art and culture. But it might also be because colleges are accepting people who weren't paying attention to exponential functions in math class and can't make basic decisions like the true cost of a loan vs. risk, and then obviously struggle to thrive financially enough to pay it off. We're all worried about the art students, ignoring the fact that they clearly didn't take advantage of lower levels of education that were completely free.