Israel just passed a law making education compulsory until the age of 18. One of the bill’s authors said, “Israel is taking responsibility for all its students. Twelve years of study are a basic condition for acquiring a profession.” A high school education for everybody: A crazy idea, but it just might work.
We might even look at the idea here in America .
Women, according to the esteemed Doctor Goose, are composed of sugar and spice and everything nice. Contrariwise, snaps and snails and puppy dog tails are a part of the male genome. Evidently, the nature and nurture of women better prepares them for college, while the puppy dog tails make men, as a rule, a bit thick: 60% of all students in higher education in the US are now women. However, the same cannot be said at many of the top liberal arts colleges in the country. Many of these schools aspire to a 50-50 balance between the genders. To achieve this gender balance, a new species of discrimination is being used: Over the last 10 years, the College of William & Mary, to take one example, has admitted 38% of all male applicants, and only 26% of women, with the disproportion growing over the years. This means that, at least at the elite universities, women who feel they’re much smarter than their male compatriots are probably right.
Of course, men probably need this sort of gender protection. Between the time we put in watching sports and playing Playstation, it’s a wonder any of us learn to read.
