The author appears to have a framing problem. Her education is not somebody else's responsibility - it's hers. If she legitimately wants to learn, she already has access to the sum of human knowledge at her fingertips - for free in many cases.
It seems to me that her quarrel is rather with the structure and delivery of one particular course she chose to take. This may not be obvious to a lot of young people whose only life experience has been tied to the education system, but you don't need a formal course to learn a subject.
> Her education is not somebody else's responsibility - it's hers. If she legitimately wants to learn, she already has access to the sum of human knowledge at her fingertips - for free in many cases.
Exactly. My first reaction to the article was, if you are interested in linear algebra, why don't you learn it over the summer in your free time, using one of the many sources available for free online? That's how I learned ordinary algebra. Why is paying expensive tuition to Princeton the only option?
It seems to me that her quarrel is rather with the structure and delivery of one particular course she chose to take. This may not be obvious to a lot of young people whose only life experience has been tied to the education system, but you don't need a formal course to learn a subject.