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Free education only works when you have a selection system where you are tested and then put where you fit(shoveling dirt, laying bricks, trade school, college,
by tlear 7y ago
Free education only works when you have a selection system where you are tested and then put where you fit(shoveling dirt, laying bricks, trade school, college, university).
In US any graduate from HS can go do 4 year degree in “something”. Try that in Germany or Netherlands.
- de_watcher 7y agoWell, if he's not capable to receive that education then why he's trying to borrow money for something he can't handle?
- creato 7y agoAmong other reasons why this would be unlikely to work in the US: there would almost certainly be a racial disparity in who qualifies for higher education, and that would be a political disaster.
- tlear 7y agoThere are pile of problems with this. 1. Testing 12-14 year olds to decide their lot in life is.. well unreliable. Not to mention brutal. 2. In US race card will be played once it is apparent that proportion of people with different ski color that get free education does not line up with demogrphic proportions(political suicide) 3. People WILL game it by hiring tutors to study to test, bribing teachers, teachers will cheat and give out solutions etc. In Netherlands they have what amounts to counter-intelligence apparatus to counter this. Good luck implementing that in all of the States.
- mnm1 7y agoWe do have aptitude tests and a selection system in the US: the SAT/ACT. You can't get into competitive schools without not only doing well on that test but also doing well in high school and often outside of high school. Obviously, only people who pass and are admitted would get the free education. One can't just simply go to say Berkley and start studying anything. They have stringent admissions criteria. So I don't really see what point you're trying to make. There's absolutely no reason this couldn't work in the US. For people who don't test that well there's still community colleges and lesser state schools. Little about the testing and admissions process would have to change. Only the funding and cost would need to be reworked. That's far from impossible if we want to invest in future generations rather than using them to make a short-term profit.