I mean, what can a university education be worth if
one can pay off one's student loans in less than three
lifetimes?
Hal
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On Jun 6, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Dominic Fox wrote:
> kasper salonen wrote:
>> that's the way I feel. but university is free in Finland, they
>> have to
>> rank people in somehow (& personally I think learning is a better
>> method than money). plus they don't demand graduate level
>> understanding of things, just enough to be able to see which 60
>> people
>> of the 400-or-so are allowed in.
> What an immoral arrangement! Clearly they should admit all-comers,
> irrespective of any qualification, and charge them handsomely for
> the privilege of being spoon-fed at the level of the least capable
> of their peers. That's the only way to run a world-class university
> system these days.
>
> Dominic
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