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TopicSo what do you guys think about this "College Conspiracy" video?
metroid composite
10/06/11 12:15:00 PM
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Yeah, tuition in the US is freakishly high, and there are definitely predatory schools out there which will give you a degree but not actually require talent from you--they just want the money.

I'm already aware of most of the statistics in that video, like student loan debt having surpassed credit card debt.

They're absolutely right about No Child Left Behind being terrible, and causing teachers to teach to a test, reducing the quality of education.

US Education is pretty broken right now.

I don't agree with the anti-education stance of the video, however--I still think education is valuable. But it shouldn't cost what it costs, and it should be higher quality.

EDIT: so now they're saying the government should not be subsidizing education--I don't agree with this, but I do agree that the government should not be funding private corporations--there should be high quality public schools (which there are).

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