Dinesh Joshi
Aug 22, 2017 · 1 min read

Have you considered the following?

  1. We’re talking about education. Education is not a commodity. It is a necessity. It cannot be treated like an arbitrage opportunity where the rich can outbid the poor.
  2. Not all families have access to the same amount of money. Therefore some parents would be in a better position to “buy” spots in good schools from poorer students. Where is the social mobility in that? This is precisely what you observe in the US. Rich kids go to better schools because they can afford it. As a result these schools are better funded & equipped (technology + teachers). On the other hand, the poor kids go to schools that they can afford. Consequently the schools are poorly funded and cannot afford good equipment or teachers. Causing further gaps in the quality of education.
  3. In the US (a “functioning” free market) vast majority of the people are not rich. Therefore it stands to reason most people cannot afford top schools. So, no, majority of the people don’t get what they want.
  4. The original article pointed out that 99% of the people were happy with the school placements while 1% were not. This is regardless of their financial status. That is a fair system. In the US it is usually the top 1% get what they want while the bottom 99% don’t.

)

    Dinesh Joshi

    Written by

    Senior Software Engineer | Distributed Computing | Python, Java | Scalability, ML/AI, C*, IoT | Opinions mine only