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I retain much more from school that my undergraduate degree, to be honest fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 03/09/2022 03:58:28 PM

Grades 9 through 12 were extraordinarily crucial. My teachers from that period literally altered my life, and while I don't remember specific lessons, save a few truly memorable ones, what I learned in school was definitely foundational to the scientific understanding I've build since.

You're right, parental desire to educate kids, and educate their kids better than they themselves are, is a key component to the success of any education system. As is society and politics valuing education and not dismissing it as "elite".

If education seems reserved for the elite, that's not cause to dismiss education as useless, it is to demand that such class based restrictions on education be eradicated.

And if you want to change the system, you have to go a route that Americans are just not comfortable with. Education should be free. 100% free. It is a fundamental right. Not a fucking production that you pay for, and get better versions of if your parents have more money.

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100% YES to this damookster - 01/09/2022 04:34:03 PM 970 Views
Bryan Caplan, Now, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time... A long time. Roland00 - 01/09/2022 09:11:50 PM 607 Views
Blind squirrel, broken clock. damookster - 02/09/2022 04:11:25 PM 577 Views
He is interesting to read. Roland00 - 02/09/2022 07:39:40 PM 582 Views
The website and phone person lied to me, *sigh* *NM* Roland00 - 03/09/2022 12:23:56 AM 300 Views
What a typical display of American stupidity... fionwe1987 - 02/09/2022 12:26:08 PM 688 Views
I don't read this as a call for the end of K-12 schooling. damookster - 02/09/2022 03:57:24 PM 599 Views
No, Caplan is for dismantling high school Roland00 - 03/09/2022 01:38:52 AM 529 Views
I retain much more from school that my undergraduate degree, to be honest fionwe1987 - 03/09/2022 03:58:28 PM 650 Views
We've had school vouchers for almost 30 years now, in Sweden Floffe - 02/09/2022 03:57:56 PM 640 Views
Yeah that's probably the biggest objection here from those who oppose vouchers. damookster - 02/09/2022 04:17:45 PM 567 Views
Problem is... jh - 12/09/2022 05:34:34 PM 756 Views
Do you mind explaining the history of how that happened in Sweden? Roland00 - 02/09/2022 07:42:44 PM 580 Views
How our current school system came about? Floffe - 04/09/2022 03:38:42 AM 585 Views
As Mr H. L. Mencken said... Cannoli - 02/09/2022 04:17:28 PM 623 Views
Or as Mr. Samuel Clemens said, damookster - 02/09/2022 04:29:50 PM 585 Views
You both sound like aliens fionwe1987 - 03/09/2022 04:04:01 PM 695 Views
Re: You both sound like aliens damookster - 03/09/2022 04:43:56 PM 542 Views
Alienation? Roland00 - 03/09/2022 05:52:25 PM 571 Views
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