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I did a year of computer science, but ended up going to App Academy with an ISA, because I couldn't really afford another couple of years. If ISAs are indenture

I did a year of computer science, but ended up going to App Academy with an ISA, because I couldn't really afford another couple of years. If ISAs are indentured servitude, but are still better than going to university, then what does that say about universities?

llamaimperative 2y ago
Perhaps your second premise isn't true...?
doubloon 2y ago
it says that Universities should be free.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago
  That's solving the wrong problem; sucking away years of someone's life for minor benefits doesn't become a good deal by being free.
ertian 2y ago
For real, if you applied the same level of scrutiny and the same kind of aggressive rhetoric to universities, the result would be a devastating critique. I think the same is true of other 'disruptive' companies that people love to hate (Uber, AirBnB, etc). We uncritically accept the status quo, and at the same time compare all upstarts against some platonic ideal of what we imagine could exist.
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