Riots in the UK about tuition fee increases - an observation

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tombi123 said:

Kasz216 said:

Yeah.  I saw they attacked the Prince.  They know he doesn't set tuition fees right?

It feels like some people in europe just like a good riot. 

You know what happens when tuition fees and stuff like that happens in the US?   A walkout.   Everyone in the school just leaves the school in protest and does something else... or at best holds up a few signs and walks away.

And how did that work out for you?

And we did have walkouts, sit-ins and a march. Most of the volient ones probably weren't student anyway, just young thugs needing an excuse to break stuff. You almost seem proud your people don't protest against your government...

Pretty much nothing happens.  Fees were increased most years while I was in college, by as much as 10% and nothing happened.  The students didn't organize or anything.  Fees increased by even more in Cali and there were walkouts and maybe students caused a little damage but they stopped causing problems and went back to their normal way of life.  People in the US are used to paying for university.  Even at the government schools, students often end up paying $2,000 to $20,000 per year or about 1/2 the costs (while the government pays the rest of the costs).