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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: The Philosopher who wrote (41367)6/21/1999 5:14:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
>P.S. In the meantime, do you want to modify your question to make it "free (to the
student) universal education"? It may make a difference!<

I appreciate the heads-up and I don't think I want to stipulate the "free" part. It'll cost somehow - taxes or standardized payments or something. I don't want to get into how such a program will be paid. Maybe we can posit for the time being that we're dealing with a sufficiently prosperous society, like contemporary USA, that the cost is bearable.

Imho the standard of civilization is continually evolving. While the "liberal standard" of healthcare, education, other comforts and services for all citizens is very old - at least 400 years, maybe more - I think the post-WW1 societies (rough and arbitrary demarcation) are the first to see such an ideal come close enough to practicable to make it a real political goal. In this context I think we can have fun sinking our teeth into this question: "Can we begin to expect a civilized, modern society to provide universal education?"

The question is (I hope) broad enough that I am not seeking to discriminate among or in favor of public schooling, private schooling, hybrid schemes (e.g. parochial schools paid privately or by voucher and adhering to a Federal minimum syllabus) or any other bright ideas this thread may assemble.
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