Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Poverty. They’re Not

Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by coldtea on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @01:28PM (#17971038)

>If a person is poor, and they still think sparing an hour watching a Ivy League university lecture(that can vastly increase their opportunity range) isn't worth your time, they have far bigger problems related to entitlement.

Compared to working to put food on the table?

Not to mention that after back-to-back shifts, your ability to take in a Ivy League university lecture diminishes compared to somebody whose parents pay for their college...

And that's assuming you even have the necessary background in your underfunded school district and impoverished childhood to seek it and understand it in the first place....

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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by skookumchuck on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:38PM (#17972379)

The Khan Academy has a complete set of primary and secondary education (and even college level) videos to provide necessary background. All for free, of course. They're just a click away:

https://www.khanacademy.org/

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