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Not sure free education provides absolutely net positive results. More data might be required. If you look at a country like Argentina, where university level
by robomartin 12y ago
Not sure free education provides absolutely net positive results. More data might be required.
If you look at a country like Argentina, where university level education has been free probably since the country was founded you see issues. Running 10x more people through universities does not create 10x more prosperity. Lots of Medical Doctors in Argentina almost starve. Engineers drive taxis or own pizza joints. The only way some of these people can reliably make a solid change to their lives is to leave the country and seek work elsewhere. In that case the net effect within the nation is still negative.
Again, not sure how to think about something like this other than to operate under my admittedly preconceived notion that most people don't value or work hard at anything that is free. I could be wrong.
- 0xFFC 12y agojust having free universities is different than good free universities ! I can't imagine a good graduate starve ! they will create job ! but teaching just math and history and memorizing them and saying these people are well educated is just big lie ! education should be free (and with financial fund for all students) but should be very very competitive (not for money , money should be available for all, good grade should be very competitive ) ! In this case many people will drop universities ! because they cannot afford such efforts ! and educated one will be really educated !
- thejdude 12y agoFree shouldn't mean that everybody attends college. Degree inflation sucks. I observe the same problem in Germany - more and more people attend school/university for more and more years, but don't turn out any brighter overall.