Being free to the student (although of course the French overall still pay taxes to fund the real costs) makes it less toxic, but it also means you have that much less excuse if you don’t go. So my guess is this makes it maybe 25% less bad?
Presumably French universities still cost 4+ years of your life, which is the majority of the cost of US universities as well. The financial cost of sane schools in the US is fairly low.
Genuine question : how much your opinion on college and higher education are due to the American system being insane ?
Because for example in France university/college is mostly free. Nobody get into debt to pay for tuition. How much would it change your opinion?
Being free to the student (although of course the French overall still pay taxes to fund the real costs) makes it less toxic, but it also means you have that much less excuse if you don’t go. So my guess is this makes it maybe 25% less bad?
Presumably French universities still cost 4+ years of your life, which is the majority of the cost of US universities as well. The financial cost of sane schools in the US is fairly low.