Why do Americans pay so much for an education that can be proven to not be the finest?
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:13:16 -0500
If you visit NationMaster.com, you'll see that the top 5 countries with the highest mathematical literacy rates beyond high school are Japan (#1), South Korea (#2), New Zealand (#3), Finland (#4), and Canada (#5), with the US ranked at #18. For reading literacy rates, there's Finland (#1), Canada (#2), New Zealand (#3), Australia (#4) and Ireland (#5) with the US ranked at #15. For scientific literacy rates, there's South Korea (#1), Japan (#2), Finland (#3), the UK (#4) and Canada (#5), with the US ranked at #14.- - -Regardless of what country I'm from, I'm paying between $5-7K each year for my university education. When considering these stats, why aren't more Americans packing their bags and heading for a country where the education is not only better, but also CHEAPER? I hear that at some American schools, students are paying almost $15k a SEMESTER?!?! Are they NUTS? It just does not make any sense to me. Explain, please. I'm not being anti-American. Just...wow.
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