Re: the requirement that the state *provide* an education

In article <zZCdnZfxpdbDXRrVnZ2dnUVZ_rfinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Donna Metler" <dmmetler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> While I'm loathe to generalize too much from fiction, I'm reminded of
David 
> Fentuch's Seafort Saga, where he's extrapolated a society where
education is 
> voluntary on the part of the parents, homeschooling/private schooling
are 
> the only options, and children often enter adult occupations, fully 
> educated, in their very early teens.
> 
> A good part of the series deals with the conflicts between the educated 
> "Uppie" population, who largely live in high rise buildings and armed 
> compounds, and the "Transpops", an uneducated, general population who
have 
> taken over the cities, living on charity, crime, and whatever else they
can 
> do to get by. It's a pretty grim picture.

Funny, last time I read a book  like that they were called Eloi and
Morlocks...

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