Yeah… I guess moving will do that to you. Anyways, feel free to add y’all’s own topics in the comments!
[Edit: Actually, here’s something…
So I saw this question on Quora, “Why is education important to eradicate poverty?”. And it’s one of those questions that has hundreds of heartfelt answers insisting on the value of education, or trying to be all clever like, “but our education system doesn’t teach us HOW to THINK!11”.
And every single one of them are… bullshit. Sorry folks, but it sets my bullshit meter off. This is really just another narrative.
And it’s clearly a false narrative. If education solved poverty, Affirmative Action would have worked. If education solved poverty, No Child Left Behind, despite its flaws, would have worked.
But they didn’t. Because education doesn’t solve poverty. Education is downstream of poverty - that is, it’s an outcome of poverty.
The narrative has this backwards. The narrative is that wealth - the opposite of poverty - is the product of education, and therefore education solves poverty. But wealth isn’t a product of education. It’s a product of… wealth. That’s literally how our capitalist system works: you need money to make money.
So yeah. That’s today’s Roundup Rant. Don’t buy the narrative. Think critically.
Happy Wednesday!]
So let me get this straight. Lets say we took 100 kids from the same neighborhood that have similar backgrounds, parental income and grades. 50 we send to college/trade school and 50 just straight out into the workforce. The 50 on average wouldn’t have a lower chance of poverty? Now we all know it’s not a one to one situation. College grads can be in poverty, and drop outs can make great careers for themselves. But wouldn’t you say on average it’s the Grads that do better?
Ive always wondered, is it simply the act of going through college and learning those skills that increases these odds or is the person to goes to school more likely to succeed anyways?
I guess I’m thinking about school more practically. School and job training can provide useful skills to increase earning potential, therefore decreasing likelihood of great income and lower poverty?