Not many Americans are completely out of touch with the socio-politcal debates occuring for the 2012 elections. In particular, the highlights of the internal war of the GOP provides comedic relief (as if 2000-2008 didn't provide enough). Out of the many flawed views of the American people (which admittedly come from all parties), the GOP has had some really large flukes that remain too much to discuss in this one post. My point of focus for this one post is Rick Santorum and his seemingly ignorantly rooted bias that faith and education cannot exist.
Put simply, Obama wants all Americans to at least attempt to attend a school of higher education. Put even more simply, he wants every family to be able to provide this opportunity for their kids. So Santorum, who by the way holds two higher education degrees, and has college savings plans for several of his children, retorts that:
1) Obama wants everyone to go to college, states that "some liberal college professor" would be "trying to indoctrinate them."
2) Obama is a snob for wanting everyone to go to college.
3) Not everyone wants to go to college. And to lay out a 4 year plan devalues vocational training.
Now, I don't want to call any of these stupid, but all of these are stupid reasons. First, when you see the benefits any person attending college and how many more work opportunities are provided for those with degrees, you would automatically dismiss the prospect that wanting every student to go to college as snobbish.
Another thing is that not every college is "liberal" college. The ignorance of this statement should prove to Americans that Santorum is not for progress in American secondary education, especially when on an international realm, higher education is much better in other parts of the world. I bet if Obama specifically mentioned religious institutions, Santorum still would have had to say something thati s negative.
Do you think Santorum and his faith should override the idea of access to higher education?
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