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This sounds like a great system and more countries should implement this. In Singapore (where I'm born), there's night classes/part-time degrees for people who need to work. It would be wonderful if more countries recognized the need for flexible studying options like Poland.

Yes,it definitely was like that in the very beginning. Some couples were choosing to fly to Hong Kong and have their second child there but if your second child does not have PRC citizenship, you then have to pay more for education, healthcare and so on. So to a certain extent it is a higher cost of living for a second child. But now the policies have changed, I don't know if this is what's holding couples back anymore.

Even if education is free, having time to study is also a luxury we take for granted. Going to university means a few more years of them not being able to work full-time and contribute to the household income. But for sure, if education was free it would improve access to education and restore some balance.

"We had the same facial features and the same hair and so I kind of wanted to emulate him."

I guess she can pay into her own college fund.

>it takes a long time to undo the damage such profound discrimination causes

yes and for many, the damage is irreversible. Denied access to education is also a big factor Blacks face. If you are unable to study and get a good education, you can't work a decent job. It's then harder for you to let your children study to tertiary level as you might need them to step out to work earlier to contribute to the house, and they are then stuck in lower paying jobs. The cycle then continues when they have kids and when their kids have kids and it goes on for many generations.

It's sad that we know we would have given up, but for them it's not even an option.

Whether it's not hiring because now they need to be vaccinated, or firing because they refuse to be vaccinated, I think this is all understandable in the face of a global pandemic. Situations change and we too, must adapt.

My mum was able to find a job many decades back with no knowledge of how to use Microsoft. With time, and as the company grew with it, of course staff need to be more proficient with IT and tech. They then offered upgrading skills/courses for current employees, and made this a requirement for their new hires. Supposing the employees didn't want to take the upgrading courses, can they really complain if they are then fired for not having the right skills to do their job? I should think no.

It's understandable and acceptable in certain industries. If you are working in a care home full of vulnerable old/sick people and have decided that you will not take the vaccine for your own reasons, you can't really blame your superiors for firing you because there's a lot more at stake/to consider.

"(Takeoff) approved or not, we are going."