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On 10/2/2014 10:49 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 07:41:43 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 10/1/14 10:31 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/1/2014 9:46 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:08:10 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

Under the U.S. system, students incur tens of thousands of dollars in
debt.

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Or their thrifty, hard working parents forgo a few luxuries for the
sake of their children.

Harry says it should be "free". Problem is nothing is "free".

Where did I say or imply college should be free? I didn't. I simply
reported that in Germany, students don't have to burden themselves with
tuition fees. Obviously, the costs are spread out over society as a
whole, which benefits from having a highly educated citizenry. Society
also benefits from having a healthy citizenry. Interesting to me, at
least, how society is moving forward in some parts of the free world and
is moving backwards in our part of the free world.

You have to note that Germany also decides at a fairly early age who
is not going to college. They get sent off the trades schools or just
get taught how a mop works.
Someone who is a "late bloomer" is going to be putting wheels on
Volkswagens or sweeping up the shop.
That is one reason why K-12 students apply themselves more than they
do in the US.

A system that would never work in the USA. A federally funded college
program would result in "approved" courses of study and standardization
of all syllabi. (had to look up the plural) :-)

May as well issue everyone size 10 and a half sized shoes and issue
federally funded cars. Need them to survive in the world too.

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