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Re:Student Loans a Lot Like the Subprime Mortgage Debacle, W... by CathedralBorrow on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @06:12AM (#21761430)
There are a lot of assumptions in there that I don't think are necessarily founded. Is knowing someone enough for you to make assumptions about whether they will gain much from higher education? That seems awfully judgmental to me.

I'll also add that this: "However in those countries there are a lack of people who are qualified to work in highly educated fields and a surplus of blue collar workers." is absolutely not the case in the European country where I live. When you talk about the state of "those countries", what countries are you talking about and what are you basing that statement on?

Re:Student Loans a Lot Like the Subprime Mortgage Debacle, W... by ponsin on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @01:31PM (#21765328)
> Is knowing someone enough for you to make assumptions about whether they will gain much from higher education?

Yes, I make assumptions based on what I hear and who I see. I don't have the time to make a doctorate thesis on of my assumptions. Had I spent years researching how to identify people who college would help, and people who it would not help then I would use a stronger word than "assumption". With regard to countries offering free college education there are countries such as Germany, France and Brazil that offer free college education. They also have very low rates of attendance. Image how much lower it would be if the students had to pay for it.