Originally posted by Russian
That is not an explanation. In US, high school is free, just as in Russia. (Is that a bad thing?) Except in Russia if you do not earn high grades, you will not get any higher education, and PTU (ÏÒÓ) does not count as higher education. But in States, you wave little many and any college/university will accept you. So who actually ‘earns’ education?
I was hoping you ( or the other "Soviet" guys) ask this. Yes it is wrong. US started on great foundation, but unfortunately the commies are nibbling on it for decades now. What we have left in the good'n Old USA is a socialism. Slow, I grant you that, but nore and more Americans catch the Boroda's "right to food and all the rest of the goodies" bacillus.
Free education (with a curriculum chosen by the parent), have a very mild problem with it.
A mandatory, government provided (paid by the taxes extorted from the citizens) and government controlled curriculum, absolutely not.