25 Questions Covid-19 Makes Us Ask About Our Education System?

I won’t start with a diatribe about how education systems are broken or woefully inadequate or even with “necessity is the mother of …”. Perhaps it is appropriate that it takes a pandemic to get us to rethink entrenched nonsense in the education system. I am just glad that most schools have quickly manifested online programs. I hope it also prevents us from merely returning to antiquated methods and mores when there comes a vaccine. Here are questions this Covid-19 virus is definitely making us ask:

1. Can everyone afford college if it goes online?
2. Can everyone get a degree from the best school or college?
3. Can everyone learn the things that are most likely to land them a job rather than a hodgepodge of desultory esoterica?
4. Can everyone learn what they want, when they want, how they want and from wherever they want?
5. Will there be jocks and nerds or just nerds … or maybe just Jords or Nercks?

Cost of Education: As so many contemplate a gap year in lieu of paying full fees for a mostly online education, we ask

6. Why is the cost of education as high as it is? Ivy league schools have bank breaking costs for students who do not have scholarships. While the facilities and reputation might be…