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In reply to the discussion: How is Bernie [View all]JustAnotherGen
(38,056 posts)And we need to include trade schools too!
It needs to benefit working class kids and kids who grew up in poverty (both urban and rural - think Mississippi) who didn't receive the basics as 5 year olds that their suburban and posh peers received by virtue of where they lived. They aren't going to be prepared in September 2017 (assuming this happens by then) to attend Princeton.
We need to provide them pathways to prosperity too - here's a course offering -
https://www.kaplancleantech.com/courses/solar
That's 2K to 3K a poor inner city kid can only get his hands on if he does something illegal. Let's give him a shot at making a good living too! He was neglected by this country and never received intense study preparation. He was looked at as less than for 40/50 years - I won't go along with any plan that looks at him as 'less than' now when the 'less than' of days past was done with malicious intent.
I want him living in between that college educated accountant and that physical therapist in suburban America - with his children having access to the same public schools and services as the college grads - in ten/fifteen years.
It's what's fair.