[...] > > I think the government's policy regarding education costs are short > sighted, and will cost Britain a lot more more in the years ahead than > they're ever going to "save" with their cuts and tuition increases. > > This applies to U.S. education policies as well. > > Education should be as close to free as it's possible to make it, so > that as many can take advantage of it as want to. > > Education is an investment in the future of the nation. Over the long > term everyone benefits from low cost education, whether you are paying > tuition yourself or have kids you're going to have to pay tuition for > in > the future. Investing in creating an educated population has a very > high > Return on Investment. > > But it has to be an investment at the level of the society. It's not > something an individual, even the wealthiest individual can afford. > Works the other way as well. Disinvestment in education will bring very > steep increases in future costs.
I completely agree. I was lucky enough to be in a generation which was paid to go into further education. I've more than repaid the costs in the taxes I've paid by earning more than I would otherwise have done, and so have most of my family and friends. [...] > > OTOH, the student's behavior won't garner them much sympathy. I dunno. When the French students were rioting a few weeks ago because they'd have to work to 62 (!) there were a lot of people here asking why ours weren't rioting too. Remember, their parents and grandparents did their fair share of demos and riots in the 60s and 70s. I get the impression that a lot of people, even some of the government who were student leaders in their day, are rather pleased that they're showing a bit of fight. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
