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Head of local conservative think tank publicly derides the concept of public education
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If the primary purpose of public education was to prepare young people for jobs, its entitlement to taxpayer support would be far weaker.
I donât say that because preparing young people for employment is unimportant. It is of great importance. Precisely
because effective education and training would boost the future incomes of students, however, private money would flow into the enterprise â from parents, future employers and (in later grades) the students themselves. Theyâd all get direct economic returns on their investments.
Governments would subsidize the schooling of the poor, to be sure, as a kind of safety net. But that wouldnât necessarily lead to universal provision or subsidy of public education. Its primary purpose is really about culture, not economics. It is to produce future citizens who are inclined to self-government, and capable of it.
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In 2012, sprinter Carlin Isles, a track and football standout in college, was hoping to nab a spot on the U.S. Olympic track and field relay team. Just a couple weeks out from the qualifying trials, he was studying sprinting techniques online when he stumbled across some videos of a different sport: rugby. Since he knew that he’d probably never be the world’s fastest sprinter, he had an idea. What if he used his speed what he calls both his “gift” and his “baby” to become the world’s fastest rugby player instead? Bold, even for someone who once ran 100 meters in 10.13.