I'm glad I had the desire to become a more well-rounded person, but I'm very lucky I lived in a society that provided me the opportunity to be educated in the liberal arts--as well as the technical training that helped me be a more productive citizen. I'm so glad that opportunity wasn't rationed only to those whose parents could afford it.
If the Conservatives get their way, your children and grandchildren won't get that opportunity and that benefit. If they're lucky, they might get a spot in some dead-end service job...if they're lucky to have a job at all. The best way to keep salaries down and profits high is to make sure lots of people are out of work, are desperate for any job at any salary, and will remain docile and meek rather than risk losing whatever trickles down to them from their betters above.
Without that well-rounded, liberal education, I might not have been able to figure that out on my own; or if I had, I might be too scared to admit it to myself, much less do everything I can to communicate it to everyone I possibly can.
I guess I feel, like I owe it...to someone.
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- Why not free college?
- Education is an INVESTMENT
- Ahhhhh
- If you guys really want a circle jerk Daily KOS instead of a Zone, just say the word.
- Is it fair to those of us that successfully put ourselves through college?
- Say, Rob, I'm curious about something
- "An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people"
- Paying for your own education is a noble effort...