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That is something that I have believed for a long time now. We see its effects every day ranging from parkour to rocket science. If you know how to do something then with a few exceptions you are going to be able to do that something. (obviously someone confined to a wheel chair will never be able to do parkour but may still understand how to do it) The problem is learning that which you wish to learn. In today's modern age you go to a trade school or university/college or even the military to learn. Pretty much any other way is looked down upon at best. And the cost for going to any of those is or can be tremendous. Thousands of dollars for trade school and even more thousands of dollars for college/universities. In the military you have the possibility of losing your life. And for all of these there is the very real fact that not everyone will be able to join. This leaves only one other way to get what is becoming a more acceptable form of education is via online classes. But again, even for those people, may need assistance to pay for the bill. And not everyone qualifies for that assistance. Which again is leaving a segment of the population in the dark.
In order to rectify this people have suggested that colleges and universities become "free". IE: Paid for by the government in essence. Which means a major rise in taxes. Which naturally a majority of people are against. The common theme being "why should I have to pay for your education?" Understandable. The costs to make colleges and universities free to attend much like K-12 would be enormous. So I fully understand why people are against a tuition free college/university.
So....is there a work around this? I think that there is. It will of course still cost money. Nothing in life is free after all. But I think perhaps this idea I had may solve the lack of knowledge that so many have. Assuming that they actually want to learn of course. You can't fix or help willful ignorance after all no matter how hard you try. But for those that WANT to learn but for some reason or other cannot get the money to do so this may be the answer.
Now I'm sure that by now you're wondering what the hell the idea I have is. So here we go....
First step is to stop subsidizing colleges and universities. And by subsidizing I mean every penny that the government spends towards these is to be stopped. No more tax money going to colleges directly or indirectly. (which includes government scholarships and student loans)
Then take that money that was going to colleges and universities and put it into a massive server farm which holds all the same textual information possible at colleges and universities and make it available on the internet. Make it a subscription fee to access it for a price of no more than $25 per month.
Now not everyone can learn simply by reading. They literally need someone to explain things to them. I'm not sure how to handle this but perhaps a combination of a couple of things? 1st: Tutors are great resources for pretty much anyone. The bad part to that is that tutors can be expensive. So how about for an extra $25-50/month (making the total $50-75/month) you can get an online tutor. Someone that you can talk to when you're having difficulties. That extra 25-50 per month spent could be used to pay those tutors. 2nd: Videos that can be watched to show how to do the something that the person is trying to learn.
So...what do you think? Due to taking the money away from the colleges and universities and using that money to pay for all of this I don't see this as needing to raise taxes in order to pay for this.
In order to rectify this people have suggested that colleges and universities become "free". IE: Paid for by the government in essence. Which means a major rise in taxes. Which naturally a majority of people are against. The common theme being "why should I have to pay for your education?" Understandable. The costs to make colleges and universities free to attend much like K-12 would be enormous. So I fully understand why people are against a tuition free college/university.
So....is there a work around this? I think that there is. It will of course still cost money. Nothing in life is free after all. But I think perhaps this idea I had may solve the lack of knowledge that so many have. Assuming that they actually want to learn of course. You can't fix or help willful ignorance after all no matter how hard you try. But for those that WANT to learn but for some reason or other cannot get the money to do so this may be the answer.
Now I'm sure that by now you're wondering what the hell the idea I have is. So here we go....
First step is to stop subsidizing colleges and universities. And by subsidizing I mean every penny that the government spends towards these is to be stopped. No more tax money going to colleges directly or indirectly. (which includes government scholarships and student loans)
Then take that money that was going to colleges and universities and put it into a massive server farm which holds all the same textual information possible at colleges and universities and make it available on the internet. Make it a subscription fee to access it for a price of no more than $25 per month.
Now not everyone can learn simply by reading. They literally need someone to explain things to them. I'm not sure how to handle this but perhaps a combination of a couple of things? 1st: Tutors are great resources for pretty much anyone. The bad part to that is that tutors can be expensive. So how about for an extra $25-50/month (making the total $50-75/month) you can get an online tutor. Someone that you can talk to when you're having difficulties. That extra 25-50 per month spent could be used to pay those tutors. 2nd: Videos that can be watched to show how to do the something that the person is trying to learn.
So...what do you think? Due to taking the money away from the colleges and universities and using that money to pay for all of this I don't see this as needing to raise taxes in order to pay for this.