Originally Posted By: eljefino
Originally Posted By: 4wheeldog
My cut on this is......For the first half of the last century, high school was the expected minimum to get a decent job. And it was available for no cost to the student.
Now, a decent job requires secondary education.
My proposal: Community college or the first two years at a public university be paid for by the government, but only those classes that the student passes. The student pays up front, but is reimbursed when he/she is successful in passing. Loans could be available for a first time student to start in this system.
You're being reasonable!! Stop!!
Let's not forget the benefits of an educated populace. If your doctor/ contractor/ mechanic makes a mistake due to inexperience and has to "go back in", he still knows more than you, and you're getting snowed. You're paying more for a worse result. Since you don't notice, you don't quantify this.
Bump into the average idiot, say, at work. Muse to yourself how much better it could be if he spent more time in school. I'm particularly disturbed by bad grammar.
Call me the odd-ball....but I don't think it "reasonable" at all that my tax dollars should pay for a complete stranger to go to a community college.
They are adults...free to make choices...free to do as they wish.
Just don't ask me to pay for it.