tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975445349407458580.post5817339140472220153..comments2023-06-17T02:58:20.231-07:00Comments on Earthenware Vessel: More Gratitude, Less EntitlementVirgie P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16518011349978725414noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975445349407458580.post-24355619853484254792011-10-28T10:08:00.196-07:002011-10-28T10:08:00.196-07:00"But what I'm really trying to get at, wh..."But what I'm really trying to get at, what really bothers me is the idea that somehow people 'deserve' a college education merely by virtue of being alive." Oh, I totally misunderstood your post then! <br /><br />That is a very valid critique of the current system. I had a student once who tutored in a local program in an urban environment, and said that she felt like kids in Thailand (where she had grown up) valued their education more because they had to pay for it, while the kids here seemed to see it as a burden. Which is related to what you are saying. Clearly reality is more complex than that simple statement, but I think there is a nugget of truth in it. <br /><br />My point was that there a lot of people who do deserve to go to college in whatever way you think deserves the word 'deserve' (for example, because so many of our current job opportunities basically has it as a prerequisite) who are not able to do so because of the crushing debt load, even at state schools, compared to potential early-career earnings.<br /><br />And now I'm done ;-)Remigiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09007520254353915998noreply@blogger.com