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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Exactly. And an increased sense that people can't simply throw up their hands and say "I got a bad childhood/parents/education/genes/job/residence/insert whatever disadvantage here."
At a certain point we have to take responsibility for our part in the world, if it is to be improved at all.
It was an honorWell dang, can you imagine the sorry state you'd be in without 'em?
Hmmm, perhaps I should rephrase.
Learning is empowering. Learning does not always come with education, and education is not always the most efficient way of acquiring learning. As far as I know, superior basic education is a good way to fight poverty. However, "superior basic education" is not synonymous with "degree inflation".
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.Ack, no, that's not what I meant to say either, sorry.
Third time's the charm: better elementary and secondary education (especially in poor areas) good, increasing costs for postsecondary education degrees in a market that wants them less and less bad. Better?
Share it so that people can get into this conversation, 'cause we're not the only ones who think like this.Personally, I think education isn't empowering because you get something from it. Education is empowering because you are denied certain things if you don't have one. For example, I know there are jobs that I can't apply for because I don't have a degree in something. Those jobs are not things I would get by having an education, but, rather, things that I'm denied without an education. Even if I have all the skills to equal someone with the same degree, I will still be denied that job because I don't have a degree to back that knowledge up.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/21/boehner-obamacare-fiscal-cliff_n_2171564.html?ref=topbar
It seems the White House is standing its ground in regards to the ACA. And the Republicans are going to continue griping about fights they've lost.
You seem disappointed by that, deathpigeon. As has been pointed out, the effects of the dreaded fiscal cliff bomb aren't immediate, and thus can be negotiated around before it gets too bad. Plus, this time Obama can actually blame the Republicans for hashing over something that was already declared Constitutional by the Supreme Court.
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I'm not disappointed. I'm actually kind of excited, in a resigned sort of way. This will be much less effective at murdering our economy as the Grand Bargain would be.
I'm going "At least I'm only being shot in the arm, he threatened to shoot me in my head!"
edited 24th Nov '12 12:43:11 AM by deathpigeon
I've got to wonder how much of this fiscal cliff hysteria is just that. After all, the Reublicans say we need to cut spending and the Democrats that we need to restore the revenue taken away by the Bush tax cuts. Well this will do both. As for the defense cuts even some people in the Pentagon have said cuts are neccesary. The way I see it everyone's whining because their ox is going to get gored.
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I'm tending to think it's yet another reason for an emphasis on quality education. Because a group of voters who can understand and parse complicated political arguments is in everyone's interest... except certain people who take advantage of the status quo to gain power.
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