FYI, I don't live in the USA. So my situation here is kind of quite different.
>> And I have seen evidence that uneducated people do value education. My presumption would be that they value it more.
Yes, they do. But they have little knowledge in the right education, don't they? All they know is that they should take their children to schools and colleges and that there children get good grades.
>> Give parents the financial resources, via a job, and they will get their kids education.
Now that's exactly what happened in Tunisia. We have now a load of degrees takers in any field, but do they know how to write properly in English or French? No, they were focusing on grades and success. Parents did spend lot of money on their education, but most of them are failing now and there is a "retour à la source", where children are taking their parents jobs to guarantee a living.
>> And I have seen evidence that uneducated people do value education. My presumption would be that they value it more.
Yes, they do. But they have little knowledge in the right education, don't they? All they know is that they should take their children to schools and colleges and that there children get good grades.
>> Give parents the financial resources, via a job, and they will get their kids education.
Now that's exactly what happened in Tunisia. We have now a load of degrees takers in any field, but do they know how to write properly in English or French? No, they were focusing on grades and success. Parents did spend lot of money on their education, but most of them are failing now and there is a "retour à la source", where children are taking their parents jobs to guarantee a living.