Stupid ass private education bullshit

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Here in Sweden education is free

    Free at point of service. But it’s 7% of Swedish GDP, with all of that coming from public coffers.

    Compare it to the US, which spends only 5.5% of GDP on education, with the majority on the heavily privatized university level.

    The math gets worse when you look at student/teacher ratios, administration overhead, building construction, and spending on extracurriculars like sports.

    Americans spend less overall than their swedish counterparts, but far more on amenities that have nothing to do with the actual mechanics of education.

    According to my American economics education, this proves the American system is actually more efficient. Swedes would do better to adopt our model, if they want to be A#1 Liberty Whiskey Sexy, like we are.