• snekerpimp@lemmy.world
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    But renaming mountains and bodies of water are going to solve all of that, our orange god king told us so.

    /s if it’s not obvious

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    It’s not strictly true collage or university as it’s know in the rest of the world, in the UK it’s only Scotland that gets free tuition, not the rest of us, higher education which is 16-18 is free

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      In France, college is free only if you’re from a underpriviledged social class, and only for a limited time.

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        I didn’t qualify as “boursier”, my tuition was around 400€/year through out bachlore and master degrees (école d’ingénieurs). It’s not so expensive. I still was able to claim 90€/month of help for housing (CAF). My friends who qualified paid 0€ for tuition, and they also got more for housing but I don’t remember how much. This was from 2011~2016.

        In south Germany today, a foreigner, who can’t claim any financial help, has to pay 3000~4000€/semester 1500€/semester.

        Still far far away from what education costs in USA from what I’ve heard.

        Edit: Corrected the price of tuition in Germany.

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              Some have different tuition for if you’re in state or from out of state, so around 10K usually for in state and around 20K for out of state, but some are 30K to 60K for the fancier universities in my state.

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          I’m a foreigner without access to financial aid paying ~€400/semester in middle Germany for a master’s degree (bachelor’s is €100/semester less). Granted, I’m now married to a German, but I wasn’t when I started the program and the cost didn’t change when I got married.

          I would honestly shop around a little if I were you, other universities should be much cheaper. Unless you’re including rent, I guess.

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      Came to say this. Most people in the UK have to pay tuition for university. There is a govt loan but you’re still paying it, plus interest

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        Should be interest free. No reason for anyone to profit off higher education, other than the actual educators. Admin can suck a dick.

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      It also isn’t free for people here, it’s paid. They pay you (not a very large amount but still) to go to any education above the mandatory education.

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          There is an obsessed with going to university - yes education is excellent but to end up in so much debt at such a young age is awful.

          Especially the stoopid requirement for so many “entry” level corporate roles that demand a degree, despite the role never using any skills from that degree. Recruitment seems to think having a degree automatically means a person with a degree will be the best hire.

          And trades - they are overshadowed because having a degree seems to be a better route career wise.

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      I think I understand your concern, but how do you very briefly describe what’s happening a better way?

      Schools in the US are “free”, although they are generally funded by taxes. I think if you said to most people that society benefits from a good basic education for everyone, they would agree.

      If you said that should apply to higher education, it doesn’t sound like too much of a stretch.

      If you then said “we should have the same standard of education and funding for the entire nation”, many people would say “No way”, because America, and that would mean centralized funding and standards and stuff. It’s always that last part.

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    I get free healthcare, Free College, paid time off, paid sick leave, paid paternity leave… Lives in USA. But I’m employed, so I get those things.

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        But the catch is that I was in the army. And did a tour in Afghanistan. 100% disabled as well.

        If I served my country and got all 5 of those things, why can’t the USA make it universal?

        No profit in that.

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                I don’t like our president any more than his predecessor. Nor the replacement. Our government failed us.

                I served under Bush Jr, and then he extended our tour. So I’ve been mad at him ever since, along with his other decisions.

                Did I come out leftist? I went in right leaning and came out more centrist.

                To be honest.

                Glad your friend came back alive. Afghanistan sucked.