We no longer live in a world that is neatly divided between rich and well-educated countries, and poor and badly-educated ones.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
America is the best half-educated country in the world.
A well-educated populace is the backbone of our middle-class.
We know that if we're going to remain economically competitive in the world, and viable as a civic democracy, that we're going to have to get more people educated to higher levels.
We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.
Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the world. I think that's because we still have the opportunity here.
All countries have poor people. Yet it's a very rare country which understands the indignities of poverty, while education systems maintain the status quo. The children of the elite go to the best schools and get the best jobs, not because they are the best. We're not taking advantage of the intellectual power on this planet.
Think about it: Every educated person is not rich, but almost every education person has a job and a way out of poverty. So education is a fundamental solution to poverty.
We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.
We are going to have the best educated American people in the world.
The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider.