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Originally Posted by Lasereth
Why can't the grants go to good students (me)? The Government doesn't even give me enough loans for college, much less any FREE money. But yes, it's correct. At my college, 62% of students never graduate. Most of them are going for free as well.
-Lasereth
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There are grants given to students based on academic ability. They're called scholarships.
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The irony here is that the men from the lower classes ending up as headmasters, in parlaiment, etc. is something that is generally trupeted as a positive effect of education. I tell my students almost constantly that education is their ticket to the good life. For those of us who don't inherit it, education is almost always the best path for changing one's social status.
I love his writing, but what he's bemoaning here is something I celebrate.
Gilda