Free Education Vs American Education

When most people think of education, they usually think about families who can afford it, But what they overlook is the poor families who can’t afford it. Back when most schools had zero, if not one, computers, students were content with that. Sure learning was slower, but unlike common belief, when technology became super popular, it didn’t speed learning up, it just made it easier. It did however have two big negative impacts on students lives. One, they became lazier and two it made school more expensive. Throughout the course of history, education has usually matched the needs of society, until recently, where a gap has occurred between high schools and the real world in what skills and content is taught versus what is needed.
Before 1944 in England, education cost a lot. A lot of poor families couldn’t pay for their education. Eventually, however, in 1944 the Education Act provided free education for England and Wales. The best part about that act was that there wasn’t any catch! Some people say that the U.S.A. has free education, such as lottery schools. Sadly, however, there is a catch about these types of schools. The school randomly draw names to see who gets in and who stays out. The closest the U.S. gets to free education is student loans. Student loans are loans that the U.S. …show more content…
That seems much more fair than what we have in the U.S today, but think about it. People who can’t afford school and who rely on student loans and lottery schools will be seriously impacted in a very negative way. So, the U.S. gives students student loans that pays for students to get into college by using the tax money that you (the adults) pay. In colonial times there were no student loans, only wealthy people could afford education. Even though that sounds good, everyone needs education and without student loans poor families wouldn’t be able to get any