This is the classic "education" vs "training" argument. For a variety of weird political/cultural/doublespeak reasons we're not allowed to discuss the difference, they're supposed to be synonyms. However, an education lasts a lifetime and gives meaning to life and a lifetime of interesting things to think about, and ways to think. Job training is just a meal ticket.
You can guess which philosophies applied in pre-industrial vs modern K-12 .edu and which applied in pre-tuition bubble and post-tuition bubble university .edu in the USA.
There is quite an impedance bump going from HS senior to Univ Freshman because of this conversion from pure training automaton setting to at least still partially an educational setting.
You can guess which philosophies applied in pre-industrial vs modern K-12 .edu and which applied in pre-tuition bubble and post-tuition bubble university .edu in the USA.
There is quite an impedance bump going from HS senior to Univ Freshman because of this conversion from pure training automaton setting to at least still partially an educational setting.