Quebec students demand free tuition

Quote: Originally Posted by Johnnny

give them free tuiton, and then raise taxes in general across the province

Quote: Originally Posted by #juan

These turkeys have been complaining about high tuition for almost a year now and their tuition
fees have been the lowest in Canada. Now they want free tuition. I wonder who they think is
going to pay their fees. I wonder if, protesting, instead of studying, has wasted their tuition and
now they want somebody to bail them out. I'd be really upset if my kids wasted the tuition that
I paid for so they could protest

Montreal student protest calls for free tuition - Montreal - CBC News

Quote: Originally Posted by DaSleeper

Quebec already has the highest provincial rate in Canada....

Quote: Originally Posted by JLM

You forget, #Juan, they are a distinct society!

Quote: Originally Posted by JLM

You forget, #Juan, they are a distinct society!

Quote: Originally Posted by #juan

Raising taxes across the province might be about as popular as a turd in the punch bowl. Can they
order the students back to school?

Quote: Originally Posted by DaSleeper

Quebec already has the highest provincial rate in Canada....

Quote: Originally Posted by #juan

Maybe not...

CBCNews.ca - Post-secondary tuition across Canada

Quote: Originally Posted by petros

I can only imagine the cut rate, Commie education you'd get for "free". I'd fear for the future.

Quote: Originally Posted by taxslave

Their idea of free is that someone else pays for it. Typical of freeloaders.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tonington

We're all free loaders at some point. A logical question is why is post-secondary not covered like primary and secondary education? Post-secondary education of some sort is pretty much a requirement for most jobs these days.

The corollary is if it makes sense to pay for colleges/universities/trade schools, then why not for elementary and high school? I'd personally like to see some objective analysis of the status quo versus what the Quebec students are asking and alternatively if all education became unsubsidized, with costs and benefits included.

Quote: Originally Posted by Goober

Studies have been done comparing the US pay for and in some EU paid for PS education-

Quote: Originally Posted by Niflmir

The quality of US universities varies so much that they had to invent the GREs to separate the wheat from the chaff. To me, that says it all.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tonington

We're all free loaders at some point. A logical question is why is post-secondary not covered like primary and secondary education? Post-secondary education of some sort is pretty much a requirement for most jobs these days.

The corollary is if it makes sense to pay for colleges/universities/trade schools, then why not for elementary and high school? I'd personally like to see some objective analysis of the status quo versus what the Quebec students are asking and alternatively if all education became unsubsidized, with costs and benefits included.

Quote: Originally Posted by DaSleeper

Posting right below you, I thought it was obvious that I meant the tax rate, not the tuition fee with the prvincial rate

Quote: Originally Posted by Tonington

Big difference between a school like say, Harvard Business School, and the College of Business at Iowa State.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tonington

We're all free loaders at some point. A logical question is why is post-secondary not covered like primary and secondary education? Post-secondary education of some sort is pretty much a requirement for most jobs these days.

The corollary is if it makes sense to pay for colleges/universities/trade schools, then why not for elementary and high school? I'd personally like to see some objective analysis of the status quo versus what the Quebec students are asking and alternatively if all education became unsubsidized, with costs and benefits included.

Quote: Originally Posted by taxslave

I am against taxpayers paying for someone to study things like french literature. I am also against us paying for someone to go to school just because they don't want to get a job.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tonington

We're all free loaders at some point. A logical question is why is post-secondary not covered like primary and secondary education? Post-secondary education of some sort is pretty much a requirement for most jobs these days.

The corollary is if it makes sense to pay for colleges/universities/trade schools, then why not for elementary and high school? I'd personally like to see some objective analysis of the status quo versus what the Quebec students are asking and alternatively if all education became unsubsidized, with costs and benefits included.

Quote: Originally Posted by IdRatherBeSkiing

If you don't pay for your education, the stuff that counts, you don't appreciate it. Ever wonder why a high school degree is worth **** now? It's because they are rubber stamped to whoever doesn't quit. If post-secondary is free, the same lack of standards will apply and the degree will be just as useless.

Perhaps if you get 75%+ average you can get a rebate on your tuition. They higher the grade, the more the rebate. 100% will be 100% free. But no no-zero policies or no child left behind crap.

Quote: Originally Posted by IdRatherBeSkiing

If you don't pay for your education, the stuff that counts, you don't appreciate it. Ever wonder why a high school degree is worth **** now? It's because they are rubber stamped to whoever doesn't quit. If post-secondary is free, the same lack of standards will apply and the degree will be just as useless.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tonington

What about someone like myself? My employer will pay for my education. I can get a Masters degree, paid for entirely by the corporation I work for. Do you think this means I will appreciate it less than if I paid for it myself? Hardly. Though it does mean I can stress out more over timelines than about my finances.

Quote: Originally Posted by IdRatherBeSkiing

I assume you would be accountable to your employer for your Master's degree performance?

Quote: Originally Posted by Tonington

They only require passing grades. I'm sure university/college/trade school students would be thrilled if they could get free education so long as they don't fail. I would have.

Quote: Originally Posted by Goober

Do you have any problems with increasing the pass mark when it is funded by the public.