Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site phri.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!lonetto From: lonetto@phri.UUCP (Michael Lonetto) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: "Free" Education Message-ID: <314@phri.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 19:53:09 EDT Article-I.D.: phri.314 Posted: Mon Jul 8 19:53:09 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 05:44:16 EDT References: <893@mnetor.UUCP> <5642@utzoo.UUCP> <896@mnetor.UUCP> <15518@watmath.UUCP> Organization: Public Health Research Inst. (NY, NY) Lines: 26 > Actually, it should be noted that for many, education IS free. None of the > best (by academic standards) have to pay tuition fees. Certainly not at ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > grad school. Of course this is part of the problem. As people have noted before women are often discouraged early on from pursuing technical and business careers (not counting secretarial work). Poor people of all races (but note who these are) often attend substandard public schools. By the time people take SATs the disparity in acheivement of equally intelligent people can be quite large. There is also the problem of many people who are quite intelligent but are bored by mediocre (or worse) public school curriculae, and are chronic under- acheivers until college. Add to this the need for a very educated workforce at this time and I think it becomes difficult to defend the "free education of the best and brightest" as a sufficient public commitment to higher education. -- ____________________ Michael Lonetto Public Health Research Institute, 455 1st Ave, NY, NY 10016 (allegra!phri!lonetto) Do you think it's REAL?