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Originally Posted by Cuog
In the US education isn't a right or a privilege. It's mandatory.
One reason it seems that foreigners all take advantage, is because you don't see the others. Those that don't care stay home and no one notices or cares.
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What I mean by privilege is the fact that the student was fortunate enough to be born in a nation with free accessible public education. There are too many that do not have that privilege. While it is true that some might be too lazy to go to school, but did you consider the fact that many who want to get an education can not. Many have to stay home and help. That is how my mom was, she could not get an education above high school because in a family of 7, to sustain, she had to work. And this was in Korea, a developing country. Imagine the undeveloped countries, they can't even THINK about going to school because it is not accessible.
My dad had to jump through many hurdles to even go to school. The nearest school near where my dad used to grow up is miles away and they lived on a farm in Korea. In Korea, the farms are not like farms here either; farmers are one of the poorest people in Korea. Yet, my dad managed to get a masters and start working toward a higher degree, but the degrees don't matter here in the States. He works in construction now, to pay for my education. I myself have to jump many hurdles to get an education here in the states. The tuition here is ridiculous, I have to get a job to even afford a public state school's tuition.
This is why I am so critical about education. A lot of people I know do not understand education. They see it as this thing that you "have" to go get. But like I said, education is liberation from ignorance. And I can't believe this nation is even functioning. 55% of Engineering PhDs are from abroad, 45% of all PhDs are from abroad. The lower and secondary education system here is ridiculous; it is terrible. To have a democracy, you need an educated population. Most of the population gobbles up the propaganda that the media and the politicians put up. I mean LOOK! There is an educated man running for president who is very rational. Ron Paul gets less media attention than Donald Trump or Sarah Palin gets. It is propaganda, he challenges the status quo.
I am very sorry for the long, somewhat offensive to some, rant. But this is how I feel. If we do not get this country running straight, I don't know what would happen.