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It seems to me that the fundamental issue here is that Americans as a whole don't value education. The upper and middle classes might, but the lower classes and
by esyir 6y ago
It seems to me that the fundamental issue here is that Americans as a whole don't value education. The upper and middle classes might, but the lower classes and the younger segments of the population
- wahern 6y agoAbsolutely. Conservative objections to many of these programs are almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy--they fail precisely because as a society Americans don't value education. This is more true today than ever as poor and working-class American culture has become, at least superficially, the dominate culture. That culture values immediacy, not only in pleasure but far more consequentially in the fruits of labor.