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Subject:	Re: The Real Waste Re: More waste (was Re: More Orwell, for everyone!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 11 Jun 2004 13:31:20 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote: > Why not base education on ability to learn {not} ability to pay? I don't know. I fear the room for draconian restrictions placed on "ability to learn" based on who gets to decide. Do you just mean it should be free to all period or that there should be entrance requirements and expulsion criteria? I'd hate for the government to decide who is suited to what kinds of education based on some testing (or worse) scheme. Chris

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		Re: The Real Waste Re: More waste (was Re: More Orwell, for everyone!
(...) The latter. (...) Entry should be based on evidence of previous educational attainment (e.g. school results). Good school kids normally make good UG students. Basically, nobody who meets the entrance standards should be rejected because they (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		The Real Waste Re: More waste (was Re: More Orwell, for everyone!
(...) One has to (URL) the Balance Right>: today's Undergrad's are tomorrow's tax payers. The better the education they get today, the more they can earn (and contribute back) in the future. Why not base education on ability to learn not ability to (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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