it would be better to add elementary logic as a requirement to graduate high school. I would also add a class where you have to read and present a paper in stem and political science and philosophy.
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oyo@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Everyone should have to go to college. We have an epidemic of stupidity.
HubertManne@piefed.social 5 hours ago
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Going to college can inform, but doesn’t cure innate stupidity. And if the student is particularly willful, they can hold onto their ignorance as well.
Case in point: Trump.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
You are right, all the comments replying to you are making vacuous individualist arguments like ‘it won’t work every single time’, when what’s important is that ‘on average, it will raise intelligence and the ability to critically evaluate situations’.
The internet loves to just regurgitate what they heard before and only deal in absolutes, so right now it’s that they would have made more money in the trades, so suddenly college and higher education is meaningless and provided no value to them. It’s honestly embarassing how much they’re just buying into right wing propaganda.
snooggums@piefed.world 9 hours ago
Everyone should have access to a free college education, but not everyone benefits from it and it certainly does not guarantee intelligence.
fulcrummed@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I’m not sure college fixes that.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
It does. Look at Canada.
NotSteve_@piefed.ca 9 hours ago
Idk, maybe we're doing alright compared to the US but we have an epidemic of stupid here too
masterspace@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
Everywhere does, but Canada has a post secondary education rate of ~66%, and typically votes 66% sane. America has a post secondary education rate of ~50%, and typically votes 50% sane.
There are other differences between the countries, but I think it’s impossible to argue that a substantially more educated population hasn’t led to a stabler and more thoughtful political climate.