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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Education isn't just a vocational undertaking. [b]We want plumbers, sure. But we also want citizens. We want people who know how to live life with a sense of purpose and meaning.
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Paying $30k/year to learn how to make widgets isn't really the best investment. But if you find a place that helps you land a higher paying job and teaches you what you need to know to be a more complete person, then it's a good investment. [/quote]

This is a disgusting and demeaning point of view.  Why would plumbers be less than "citizens" and why wouldn't someone who chose a trade like plumbing "know how to live life with a sense of purpose and meaning?"  [/quote]

Yeah....that PP thought they were making a good point, but really only revealed some seriously problematic views.[/quote]

I am not that PP, but the fact is, there are a lot of un/under-educated people who believe COVID is a hoax, that horse paste will fix it, and that everyone in the medical profession is trying to scam them. No, they aren't plumbers, but we have a major lack of critical thinking skills in our populace.[/quote]

I'm hesitant to take this down a rabbit hole, but.....This is true with respect to the COVID vaccine, but not true overall.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200310141309.htm
ate:
March 10, 2020
Source:
University of Texas at Austin
Summary:
[b]Texans who are college-educated, live in suburban or urban areas, have higher median incomes and are ethnically white are less likely to vaccinate their children, according to an analysis.[/b]

https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/why-are-the-educated-more-likely-to-be-against-vaccines
Why Are So Many Anti-Vaxxers in Educated, Affluent Areas?
Studies show that affluent urban areas with high education rates can have large pockets of people against vaccines. Isn't that counterintuitive?

There is a correlation between people who didn't go to college and Trump supports, which then translates to COVID anti-vax.  But it isn't true of all vaccines.  I'm not sure that the current example alone supports your thesis, which I believe is that college educated are overall somehow "better citizens" and have more common sense.  And even if there is a correlation, it doesn't necessarily mean causation.

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if I read that correctly a lot of that is due to religious exemptions.[/quote]

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