Bofferbrauer2 said:
Baalzamon said:
But this brings about a very important question regarding education being a service. What level of education? Because there are schools ranging from $6,000 per year (tech schools) to $50,000 per year. The current "crisis" involves people attending a variety of these schools, with many being better/worse in different areas.
So I guess I just ask, how much schooling should be provided for free? Is there a dollar threshold that should be provided for free? If a school is provided for free, does it have to meet certain criteria (reigning in costs, etc)? Will this ultimately just result in these schools being crappy schools?
I'm not even going to pretend to know the answers to these questions, but given the current situation, I think it makes it much more complicated to handle.
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Let me compare it to Luxembourg, where we have both public and private schools on all levels except universities (we got only one since the country is pretty small). Their curriculum is identical, they teach exactly the same stuff, and the level of the teachers and teachings are also pretty much the same. The (identical) school books are also provided in both cases. So, what's the advantage of a private school then, you might ask? Well, the private school has some extra options:
- Extra tutoring with specific teachers (may cost some extra if overused).
- (Often, but not always) better food in the cantina.
- Special options for sportsmen who would have to train and/or be on competitions while they would normally be supposed to be at school (Only applies to private schools with a specific sports section).
- Dorms. Due to small size of the country, students go normally home after school, thus public schools have no dorms. But kids of parents who have to travel a lot for work purposes often choose a private school for that exact reason
- Religious education: There's one private catholic lyceum which additionally to the curriculum has bible teachings similar to Sunday school.
If you need or are looking specifically for any of these points, then a private school would be interesting in Luxembourg. If not, you can just as well go to public schools.
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So I must ask, what do you define as a University? Virtually all of our colleges here are labeled "University of Blankity blank".
I'm asking because I'm genuinely curious if the "free" schooling people receive in other countries is vastly different from what many want to be free here.
