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10.000? Is this affordable for people who make no money? We're talking about people aged 18-22. Do they make money? How the hell is it fair to elect people by the wealth of their families?!

Come on people! Don't you see the huge discrimination?

This system is a blood sucker. Please demand a real change instead of dealing with it

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$10,000/k for a Bachelor's equates to about $15 per a class period. At a class size of 30 that is $450 per class in revenue for the school. A professor spends 2 hours a week doing prep, 2 hours a week in office hours, 2 hours grading and 2 hours in class. Lets say overhead is 40%. That is equivalent to ~$30 dollars an hour to teach a class at 8 hours a week. Teach four classes and you are at ~40 hours a week. That puts you at about $50K a year after taxes. Most professors teach 1 or 2 classes a semester to leave time for grad students and research. --- are my assumptions way off here? 2 classes would mean $25k a year -- poverty line for family of 4.

oh, dude, seriously, there is no school outside of US, right?

IT is a Washington Post story about universities in the U.S. -- but okay, change the currency, doesn't matter.

Sorry, but, what the fuck are you talking about?

Do you know the amount of the universities that you can study for free?

Dozens.

and I mean: no fee at all. I studied in three of them. And one of them was a great university with a lot of foreign students. Teachers were quite good. And I was also served high quality food (much better than the garbage you pay for every day) for free, every morning, noon and evening.

Open your eyes bro. Not so many people are able to pay thousands to the schools. And my point here is to tell your kind of god damn middle class; start considering everybody.

Don't be one of those fucking selfish dicks.

You are confusing free with government or someone else pays. I hope you continue on with your education, gl.

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