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Re:U.S. To Forgive at Least $108B in Student Debt in Coming ... by dexterdog on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @03:06PM (#13074220)
Why do you think they've reduced the level of knowledge of the average HS grad so that they have to go to college to get a decent job? Sure, you have to know more by age 20 now to get employed in a brain-based job, but education should be much easier and more efficient by now.
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Re:U.S. To Forgive at Least $108B in Student Debt in Coming ... by saint_fiasco on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @03:15PM (#13074298)
It is. We have MOOCs now, and ebooks, and online encyclopedias.

But it's like those synthetic diamonds: It doesn't matter how much shinier, purer and cheaper they are, they will never replace "real" diamonds because the whole purpose of diamonds as a status symbol is that they are expensive.

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