Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!mmt From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: education Message-ID: <1247@dciem.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 17:11:32 EST Article-I.D.: dciem.1247 Posted: Tue Dec 4 17:11:32 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 20:42:48 EST References: <733@oliven.UUCP>Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 23 Summary: > There was once a consensus in this society that *everyone* benefits > from universal education. Free public education has been one of the > great wellsprings of economic opportunity and social mobility in this > country. If public funding for education is ceased, it seems almost > certain that the children of the poor will remain ignorant and poor, > and the childern of the rich will be groomed to take Daddy's place > at the top of the neofeudalist heap. Is that the kind of world in > which we want to live? > > Baba It's worse than that, because rich Daddy's children won't be much better off than the present poor, not having a reasonably educated population to work for them. I think there still is a concensus that anyone's education is to everyone's benefit. A few people who seem to disagree make a lot of noise, but I doubt that the noise does more than disturb the peace of mind of those who believe in reason. -- Martin Taylor {allegra,linus,ihnp4,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt {uw-beaver,qucis,watmath}!utcsrgv!dciem!mmt