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> Im just used to government paid education You are from Europe, right? And you have rigorious exams to sort out the folks who will get the government-paid edu
by throwaway7656 8y ago
> Im just used to government paid education
You are from Europe, right? And you have rigorious exams to sort out the folks who will get the government-paid education and who will not. And this is ok, since Europe is more or less homogenous. Hans goes to university and Peter and Mark and Bernard all go to work in mcdonalds instead. No outrage here, it was just a hard exam, and only Hans was able to pass.
Now guess what will happen in US if you don't provide free education for everyone, but require to pass a hard exam first. It's not that hard to imagine, really.
- shados 8y agoCanadian actually. And the "hard exam" was just which type of math I graduated highschool with and it only decided if I could go in engineering or had to settle for something else. The people working at McDonald are doing it part time while in college to pay rent and the ramen noodles. But yes, I've lived in the US long enough now to know that in the current political context, people's expectations of what the Government should provide are not realistic or in line with the reality the country is in. I also strooooongly believe in everyone (who is part of the system through one of the many legitimate methods) having a right to equal opportunity, but not necessarily a right to equal outcome. That is also very, very difficult in the US because of its history as well as its current political climate, for both some good and some bad reasons.