Reading through the comments on this thread has been quite "educational."
As a professional educator*, I have a few questions for those of you that have a skeptical and/or negative view of higher education:
- What do you think a good, basic, foundational education should include?
- What specific subjects, skills and content knowledge should be included? In other words, what exactly should young people know and be able to do upon completion of their basic education?
- Should this basic education be compulsory?
- At what age should students finish or be able to opt-out?
Thanks in advance.
jp
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* Full Disclosure: I have been an educator in the United States for over 20 years. During that time I have taught every grade 1st - 12th, both primary and secondary levels. Over the years, I have taught many different subjects. My specialty now is teaching the sciences at the secondary level (aka "High School" in the US): Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth Sciences, and Astronomy.