Higher levels of tertiary education among a populace generally indicate greater potential for innovation and economic growth, but this isn’t always the case.In this graphic, we visualize educational attainment by country, breaking things down into three categories: below high-school, high-school or diploma, and college or university degree.
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33 sats \ 12 replies \ @grayruby 20 Oct
Yes but we poorly educate them in Canada.
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40 sats \ 11 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 20 Oct
You’re joking? Don’t know much about how things work in Canadian schools, but I don’t really see it that way. Why do you think that?
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33 sats \ 10 replies \ @grayruby 23h
Just basing it off the fact that most Canadians aren’t that bright. So maybe we are educated but not smart.
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40 sats \ 7 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 23h
One important point is how tough the education system is, I thought that’s what you meant. For example, here in Portugal, up to 9th grade, pretty much only the kids really struggling fail. It’s easy overall, and if someone does fail, it just ends up being a hassle for the teachers.
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22 sats \ 6 replies \ @grayruby 23h
We don't fail people in Canada until college.
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40 sats \ 5 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 23h
😱
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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @SimpleStacker 23h
Wait, this is news to you?
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 23h
yes
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40 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 23h
I venture to guess that about 40% of American college students actually get dumber after going to college.
(I'm not saying that they're dumber than the ones that didn't go to college. I'm saying that they were already smarter, but college made them a bit dumber.)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 23h
Certainly less open minded.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 20 Oct
I guess India and China's populations are too large to make it into the chart.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 20 Oct
China’s not on the chart, but I don’t get why you’re saying that. The chart shows percentages and it’s only for adults aged 25 to 64.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 20 Oct
So they just randomly picked 45 countries?
I thought Uni was highly valued in both China and India and was surprised not to see them on the list. I thought that it could have been the sheer size of their population that makes the percentage of Uni goers small.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 20 Oct
India’s on the chart. The data comes from an OECD report, and China’s not a member.
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