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I had the same thoughts. The country is now more educated than it was before, and they want to paint that as a bad thing. And point some fingers at the “elite,”
by vlunkr 4y ago
I had the same thoughts. The country is now more educated than it was before, and they want to paint that as a bad thing. And point some fingers at the “elite,” Which is now people who’s parents have a college degree I guess.
- Ekaros 4y agoAnd realistically we are at point where having a degree doesn't make you an "elite" anymore. Not necessarily even having PhD... The value of degrees has also inflated.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> value of degrees has also inflated Nitpick: the degree has inflated. Its value has decreased. If something’s value inflates its price has deflated.
- oneoff786 4y agoNope. Value is not a function of cost. Value is just a measure of utility. Not utils per dollar.
- raducu 4y ago> and they want to paint that as a bad thing I would think it's obvious to anyone that the bad thing is the creation of a caste system and lack of social mobility.
- vlunkr 4y agoDoesn’t the increase in degrees indicate that there is social mobility?
- barry-cotter 4y agoIf a graduate degree is not in some sense an elite marker something is messed up. A graduate degree should guarantee the holder could be admitted into a decent doctoral programme. Obviously this isn’t true, education schools exist, but it should be. If graduate school isn’t for an educational elite the material should be in a Bachelor’s.
- nomdep 4y agoWell, most of the press is desperate to find a new big bad to generate clicks… and the in the case of the Washington Post to make us forget that they were the ones that gave a column to Amber Heard
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