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If its done well people would never leave school :)

by op03 6y ago

satysin 6y ago
One of the issues I have with todays world is this attitude most have to stopping education once you hit ~21 for the majority of people. I genuinely believe the world would be a better place if we had as much support for people in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, to go back into education as we do for 18-21 year olds going to university. I didn't have the opportunity to go to university at 18 for a number of reasons (some fault of my own and some not) and would love to go now but it just isn't realistic without negatively impacting my life (mostly financially) for a few years. Sure you can argue "if you really wanted to do it you would" and that is a fair point but I don't feel the struggle should be so high. Why can't we make it easier for someone in their 30s or 40s, for example, to get a degree and change the direction of their life? So many people are where they are now and cannot change that because the start of their life was disadvantaged through no fault of their own. Now they are adults, give them the chance to be more. I know I know I am being idealistic but I just hate seeing people with so much potential going to waste because they lost some geographic/privilege lottery at birth. While I have questions regarding things like UBI I do hope that with automation changing how we work that we invest more in education for older people as well.
- leetcrew 6y ago
  > Sure you can argue "if you really wanted to do it you would" and that is a fair point but I don't feel the struggle should be so high. Why can't we make it easier for someone in their 30s or 40s, for example, to get a degree and change the direction of their life? So many people are where they are now and cannot change that because the start of their life was disadvantaged through no fault of their own. Now they are adults, give them the chance to be more. in your opinion, what exactly makes it harder for an older person to go back and get a degree? AFAIK, all the same loans are available to older folks. if someone in their forties were actually willing to live like a college kid for four years, it seems like they would at least be on the same financial footing as kids that don't get support from their parents. is it that the opportunity cost is higher, since they have at least some earning potential already?

If its done well people would never leave school :)

by op03 6y ago

If its done well people would never leave school :)

One of the issues I have with todays world is this attitude most have to stopping education once you hit ~21 for the majority of people. I genuinely believe the world would be a better place if we had as much support for people in their 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, to go back into education as we do for 18-21 year olds going to university. I didn't have the opportunity to go to university at 18 for a number of reasons (some fault of my own and some not) and would love to go now but it just isn't realistic without negatively impacting my life (mostly financially) for a few years. Sure you can argue "if you really wanted to do it you would" and that is a fair point but I don't feel the struggle should be so high. Why can't we make it easier for someone in their 30s or 40s, for example, to get a degree and change the direction of their life? So many people are where they are now and cannot change that because the start of their life was disadvantaged through no fault of their own. Now they are adults, give them the chance to be more. I know I know I am being idealistic but I just hate seeing people with so much potential going to waste because they lost some geographic/privilege lottery at birth. While I have questions regarding things like UBI I do hope that with automation changing how we work that we invest more in education for older people as well.

leetcrew 6y ago
> Sure you can argue "if you really wanted to do it you would" and that is a fair point but I don't feel the struggle should be so high. Why can't we make it easier for someone in their 30s or 40s, for example, to get a degree and change the direction of their life? So many people are where they are now and cannot change that because the start of their life was disadvantaged through no fault of their own. Now they are adults, give them the chance to be more. in your opinion, what exactly makes it harder for an older person to go back and get a degree? AFAIK, all the same loans are available to older folks. if someone in their forties were actually willing to live like a college kid for four years, it seems like they would at least be on the same financial footing as kids that don't get support from their parents. is it that the opportunity cost is higher, since they have at least some earning potential already?