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Old 05-12-2008, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by leviathon435 View Post
I don't know if what Tristan said was serious but let's assume it was, how can you agree with that? Tell me what, can you give me one good reason why an intelligent child born into a poor family is any less deserving of education than an unintelligent child born into a rich family.
Education isn't something that people "deserve" or are "entitled to." Besides, there are different kinds of education and we shouldn't dismiss them just because we think "education" means the garbage with which governments indoctrinate their citizens' children. Also, intelligence has very little, if anything, to do with education - education doesn't make someone more intelligent and lack of education doesn't make someone less intelligent.
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