Suppose the parents aren't *so* bad that the kids are taken into foster care, but the "parents" is actually a single mom working two jobs with little to no education of her own and lacking the time/energy/willpower/know-how to be an effective educational advocate for her child. Then what sort of education does the kid get?
Also, why is it preferable to have everyone saddled with debt by the time they turn 18 instead of paying for this with taxpayer money? One of the major critiques I've often heard about the whole process of giving student loans instead of free education is that it discourages people from pursuing degrees with low starting salaries (which is most of them, actually) or from taking jobs that don't pay well (which, again, is most of them).
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Date: 2008-09-15 07:58 pm (UTC)Suppose the parents aren't *so* bad that the kids are taken into foster care, but the "parents" is actually a single mom working two jobs with little to no education of her own and lacking the time/energy/willpower/know-how to be an effective educational advocate for her child. Then what sort of education does the kid get?
Also, why is it preferable to have everyone saddled with debt by the time they turn 18 instead of paying for this with taxpayer money? One of the major critiques I've often heard about the whole process of giving student loans instead of free education is that it discourages people from pursuing degrees with low starting salaries (which is most of them, actually) or from taking jobs that don't pay well (which, again, is most of them).