Comments on: Put your imagination to a useful end http://www.blagnet.net/2008/04/09/put-your-imagination-to-a-useful-end/ Discussing libertarian philosophy Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Z http://www.blagnet.net/2008/04/09/put-your-imagination-to-a-useful-end/comment-page-1/#comment-517 David Z Thu, 01 May 2008 13:49:21 +0000 http://www.blagnet.net/2008/04/09/put-your-imagination-to-a-useful-end/#comment-517 “The other problem is that poorer families will opt out totally. Why pay for something you can’t afford? That isn’t totally true but at least in America I live in education isn’t seen as very valuable." Lulz! Maybe education isn't very valuable because it's not very good. "At the age of 15 many will be forced finished with their schooling and be thrust into the job market by their parents.” And in a freed market, they could someday return to school without the stigma of being too old. Or they could attend a part-time institution that cost less money but still taught basic skills. You hit the nail on the head. The imagination is key, and nobody has any of it! “The other problem is that poorer families will opt out totally. Why pay for something you can’t afford? That isn’t totally true but at least in America I live in education isn’t seen as very valuable.”

Lulz! Maybe education isn’t very valuable because it’s not very good.

“At the age of 15 many will be forced finished with their schooling and be thrust into the job market by their parents.”

And in a freed market, they could someday return to school without the stigma of being too old. Or they could attend a part-time institution that cost less money but still taught basic skills.

You hit the nail on the head. The imagination is key, and nobody has any of it!

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