(May 14, 2016 at 2:00 am)Sterben Wrote: Question one:Specifically what direction do you want this country to go?
A: I would like to see America become less of a corrupt country. A place were people can be become educated without become a financial slave to the system, and too be able to support themselves and their family's.
Yes... I believe that secondary education should be free. However, the teachers we have in our public schools are already underpaid, have to use outdated material and many times pay for their own supplies in the classroom out of the already meager wages they are earning now.
So, I ask you the following:
1. Just where should the money to support free college education come from?
2. What sort of criteria needs to be met in order for a student to get this free education?
3. If a person comes from a well off family, should their family be forced to pay for that child's college education or should that child go to school for free?
What about students who want to get into fields that require graduate school? That's another four years of post secondary education that needs to be supported. Careers such as doctors and lawyers require this additional schooling. Those are just two fields requiring not only the student take ethics classes, but upon obtaining their respective licenses, they are now upheld to a higher standard than say someone who doesn't need licensure from their state in order to practice their chosen field of study. They also must renew their license on a regular basis and must keep some sort of malpractice insurance, which can run into the thousands of dollars per year, to maintain.
For my chosen field, I will need to take AND pass my State Boards in order to legally practice my profession. While it's not costing me upwards of half a million dollars, I will have to obtain a license from my state or I cannot practice my field of study. I will be held to the same level of standards as that of a doctor or nurse or any other professional that requires a license to practice in my state. Yes, my education is costing me $18,000, but because I am required to be licensed, should I still have to pay for my education? If not, then neither should someone studying to become a doctor or a lawyer.
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