Non-Profit to help pay Student Debt
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- ukit0
No one's asking for a hand out, I went to a school I was happy with, got an academic scholarship and didn't even take out any loans. And I hate hippies BTW:)
I'm just wondering if this system where you pay more for a better degree isn't a stupid idea in the first place. I know a lot of people have it drilled into their head that "that's the way it is," but why? I get the whole "self reliance" thing, congratulations, but I don't see any particular reason why it should apply to the cost of higher education, but not primary education. It's an arbitrary distinction that is just there because...that's the way we've been doing it.
So for me it comes down to the practical effects. Does having a tiered system where one guy pays $3k and gets the community college degree, and another pays $50k and gets the Ivy League degree, when they could both be equally smart, really produce a better country at the end of the day. My guess would be no, while some people do rise to the top on their own, it gets harder and harder with all the dumb ass, talentless people who were born into wealth standing in their way. Plus when you have a system where the average student graduates with 20k in debt, there's no way that can be viewed as efficient.
- you mean you've never heard of private elementary schools?scarabin