Recently, on a radio News broadcast, the anchor said something to the effect of, and I am paraphrasing here, “people who are skeptical about taking the Covid-19 vaccine have a maximum of a high/secondary school diploma.” What?
What
does that mean?
Was
the News implying that high school education is not enough to help a person
make an informed decision? Is
post-secondary education now, or has it always been the benchmark of someone
who can make educated decisions? Perhaps
I’m late to the party, or I’d missed the memo with this information.
On the other hand, was it merely implying that educated, although limited, people
were on the fence about taking the Covid-19 vaccine? Hmm. I
don’t know. However, whatever the
intentions were, I wonder if a high school education in any society, especially
a democratic one, should be treated in an inconsequential way. Perhaps a quick search into how successful or
not countries are, where even a primary school education is challenging to
find, is warranted.
The
expression, “we don’t burn the bridge we are walking on,” is valid here. Usually, those who can afford (financially
and time-wise) to go to university or college to continue their studies need a
high school education to enter these buildings.
What do you think?
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