[Quote] John Green

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About Public Education

Public education does not exist for the benefit of students or for the benefit of their parents.  It exists for the benefit of the social order.

We have discovered as a species that it is useful to have an educated population.  You do not need to be a student or have a child who is a student to benefit from public education.  Every second of every day of your life, you benefit from public education.

So let me explain why I like to pay taxes for schools, even though I don't have a kid in school: It's because I don't like living in a country with a bunch of stupid people.
---John Green

[略譯]
公眾教育並不是為了學生或是家長的利益而存在，而是為了整體的社會秩序（的利益）存在。
我們已經覺察到身為一個種族，擁有受教育的群眾是相當有用的。
你並不需要自己成為一個學生或是有小孩才能從公眾教育當中獲益。你人生當中的每分每秒，你都從大眾教育中獲益。
所以讓我說明一下為何我樂意繳稅給學校，就算我自己家中沒有就學中的小孩，因為我不想要活在一個充滿笨蛋的國家。

Further Reading:

• What is the Purpose of Public Education Today?
  http://fauquierfreecitizen.com/what-is-the-purpose-of-public-education-today/
• An Open Letter to Students Returning to School---With Scripts
  http://nerdfighteria.info/video/54/x78PnPd-V-A