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As a USC alum who had a full ride thanks to my (not faked) SATs, I might defend a myth of meritocracy in light of #CollegeScam. But nah.

Why assume education must be defended?

Unpopular opinion: education is & always has been a tool for perpetuating the class system.
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Rather than defending higher education, let’s take an abolitionist approach to university studies.

Education is one possible mode of study among many alternatives.

Education’s elements emerged as reactions to people's struggles bound up with alternative modes of study.
Education’s vertical trajectory of individualized development emerged with the institution of ascending levels in schools, associated with the Sisters and Brothers of the Common Life in 13th century Lower Germany.
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