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<p>I was addressing lake42ks’ assertion that “we all value education highly”. That’s not always true from what I’ve observed in the US and both Chinas and from what I heard from East Asian grad students who spent most of their educational lives in their respective countries’ educational systems. In short, not everyone values education highly. </p>
<p>Heck, I see this split even within my own family. Have an aunt and uncle who take the college solely as credentialing mechanism view and gave their two daughters…one of whom went to State UG honors a hard time because they were interested in actually getting a good education and intellectual development while earning that BA/BS. They viewed their daughters’ desires for a better education beyond what’s relevant for careers as a “waste of time”. Fortunately, both daughters have long since proven their parents wrong as both are highly successful professionals and are going to make sure their kids aren’t going to be inculcated with the “college solely as credentialing mechanism” view.</p>