The United States stands alone in so many different arenas, and, as shown here, its attitude towards education is certainly among them.
Most other countries in the developed world understand that an educated workforce is going to improve everyone’s lives, and create programs to encourage young people to graduate from college.
We simply don’t care. In fact, we’ve begun to lean in the opposite direction, spreading propaganda to the effect that colleges crank out woke liberals, and that our kids are better off repairing cars or building houses.
What his remaining supporters don’t (or refuse to) understand about Trump is that items like “250 years of democracy” don’t mean a goddamn thing to him.
He’d have sold his mother to the devil for another five minutes of power.
Without doubt, Americans’ financial and physical security is important.
But what about our moral wellbeing? We’re a pariah nation, led by a criminal sociopath.
To answer the question posed here from a reader:
I do. I have a degree in physics. Before that, I graduated from high school.
Obviously, there are scientifically illiterate people all around the country who know less about the atmosphere than my neighbor’s dog, but I’m not sure how that impacts the matter.
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