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#5 This is a great point that the system needs to consider. Cutting funding for underperforming schools hasn't been working. Maybe instead of "punishing" bad schools we find ways to aid the schools in enhancing performance. Figure out ways the school can improve education for its students, and provide additional funds if need be.

#4 We need this. We do need college-educated people for certain fields (doctors, lawyers, STEM, teachers, etc.) but there are certain trades (electricians, plumbers) which make more money than certain college degrees.
http://www.aol.com/article/2010/05/13/10...267/?gen=1
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/top-14-be...d=19216976
For a while I believed college should be for everyone. Now I know better. Some people are better off in a trade. I actually recall seeing a video saying that the bottom 40% academically shouldn't even consider college.
Besides, when you think about it, it's kind of arrogant to consider certain work beneath you. Better than no work at all, you know?

#3 Considering the fact that many of us are descended from immigrants who didn't come from England, it's a shame a lot of us can't speak foreign languages. And a lot of the world is beating us in this regard.

#2 This is definitely something that we need to consider. It's not like kids can work non-stop. Eventually people will get tired out.

#1 I'm not a fan of communism, but maybe the state should evenly fund the schools.
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