Triple Tuition

November 12, 2007 - 12:30 PM by Stephanie

Israel’s education system. *Sigh*. Strikes. Cancelled classes. Protests. Strikes.

Zabaj, generally a pretty funny blogsite, has a poignant take on recent battles keeping university (and high school) systems locked in “Do Not Pass Go”…

I’m going to argue that this all goes back to the same thesis that seems to underlie any theory I’ve had on Israeli social behavior: short term thinking and an overwhelming sense of entitlement without responsibility are to blame for this.

…“no fair!” is not good enough when the resources don’t exist to make things fair. Entitlement to something is only useful when that something exists. I’ll even go on to argue that a socialist education system can’t exist in Israel in the face of global capitalist competition, but for the moment let’s focus on the entitlement issue: why shouldn’t university tuition be free?

Simple answer: there’s no money for that.

the entry goes on to suggest college tuition be tripled. Go to the site to read the entire argument. Well put and quite right, if you ask me.

But you didn’t.

Tags: • Category: A New Reality, Israeliness, Politics 

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  1. Global Voices Online » Israel: University Fees Should be Tripled on Wed, Nov 14th 2007 11:18 PM

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