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Culturally, the United States does not value education. It values the prestige of education, and what it can do for your career, but the idea of reducing ones
by spamizbad 16y ago
Culturally, the United States does not value education. It values the prestige of education, and what it can do for your career, but the idea of reducing ones ignorance isn't considered a terribly noble pursuit. Winning and obtaining valuable things is what counts - who cares how you get there - so long as nobody can take it away from you after the fact.
- gauthr 16y agoI think you've made an important observation about true education versus the prestige of education, and the valuing of the prestige and little else is certainly not confined to the United States. It is the dominant attitude towards education in East and South Asia, for example, even though those societies are perceived as having greater respect for education than the USA.