Education is a RIGHT, not a privilege.

      The greatest drivers of social problems: a poor education system (the "smart" lie) and an elitist take on working class people as devoid of exceptional potential. A working college system will train well, and lead to competent critical office (law, healthcare, government) thus yielding fewer social problems. The summary below elaborates on deceptive college practices & makes an argument for universal college access. I propose wages for IT, science, and technical students. It does NOT imply free education. Reasonable tuition is a necessary evil as the "burden" binds society to produce relevant skill. Student wages will help youth from disenfranchised backgrounds focus on the labor of learning. Studying, like any work, takes time and effort, but people need food and housing as they engage in this labor for humanity. Wasted individual potential is a lost community asset. 

INSTITUTIONALIZED DECEPTION:

(Please see the flier below for other problems and suggestions for improvement and the subpage for further comments.)

     1. Some instructors require IDs to enter exam rooms because some students pay others to take their exams. Have we excelled at teaching children to become someone important more than the love of knowledge?

     2. How frequently are graded homework/quizzes from former years reused even though the content and solutions are circulated in special networks? (Not the students' fault as they are systemically forced to seek appropriate study tools. Issues with learning resources are better illustrated in the flier.) The quizzes generally count towards 10% of the grade. What kind of impact does a 10% head start have on curve grading?

     3. Recycled exam problems have the same effect. Who gets ahead, the student who struggles to figure it out or the one scoring higher for having seen and solved the problem before the test? On topics 2 and 3 the schools might need a work force to compose new problems for tests. This applies to younger, rapidly evolving disciplines (biochemistry, microbiology, etc.) I found the mathematics, physics, and chemistry departments were doing all right in providing basic study materials. 

     4. Grading on the curve is systemic misdirection. The top grade is not an indication of performance, but a means for the school to look like it is doing its job.

     5. "Higher learning is a not a right, but a privilege" spoke once an instructor. (His mean or median for the exam was 30 out of 100.) Whose privilege? Those with network access to study materials or those with the right socioeconomic background? 

     I have two MSN articles pinned to my twitter profile (username @ncnt12K, currently banned on twitter). The first one is about WAGE GAINS as a result of the Covid era labor shortage (supply and demand, just like anything else in economics.) The second one, covers a major corporation's efforts to AUTOMATE (apparently it too inspired by the labor shortage.) Who do you think will win, those demanding higher wages or those AUTOMATING? We can use the school system to stay ahead of massive unemployment, poverty and government dependence, which I consider to be but substance abuse incentives. The Covid lockdowns proved the bulk of the economic sector is a fabricated matter of choice. We should take note of it because automation will eliminate most of the contemporary labor market. Some believe now it's the time to apply pressure on employers to augment wages. It is true, but it won't last. No businessman will wait for the masses to demand, when s/he can clearly automate. THROUGH AUTOMATION BUSSINESS WILL BECOME MORE POWERFULL AND AUTONOMOUS THAN EVER. "Basic income for college and technical students" will enable the population to seek work when adequately remunerated or get paid to retrain when wages fail. It will work for you even if you are not interested in attending college. Those choosing to take advantage of this system will alleviate the "cheap labor" excess on the market.  It will work for business as well.  Even though employers may retain but a small fraction of the labor force, they will always need consumers. We must begin skipping ahead of the times if we are to attain and retain fair wages. 

On a different point, maybe it's time to cap inflation on some basics.

Universal college access to the hard-working, willing to try, and guaranteed teaching reform.