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Originally Posted by sperry
Answer me this... is the world better or worse if the guy flipping burgers has had the opportunity to learn physics? Sure it's not applicable to his job, but there's something to be said about learning for learning's sake. That kid's life is likely more enriched if he's been to school than otherwise.
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I wholeheartedly agree with that statement. I think that people should never stop learning. It may not be applicable (like my poli sci class is to my Information systems degree) but it helps someone understand the world better and I've experienced this myself...
Some people (not all of them) just choose to be those people who deliver our mail or flip our burgers. They have no desire to understand the world better, and offering the two-year gov't vocational school will not appeal to them... If someone wants a higher education, they'll get it via community college or cheaper universities. It wont be as easy as free, but it'll make people appreciate it and help them become unbelievably good at whatever they choose to do instead of looking at it as another extension to high school where they just want to get out and dont really care.