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by mamediz 1092 days ago
I don't know about law exam, but Brazil has more undergraduate courses in law than all the rest of the world combined, naturally this comes with a lot of shit univesities and that means a lot of people with a law degree but don't work in the field.
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matheusmoreira 1092 days ago
You can add medical schools to that list. Plenty of shitty doctors being minted too. Unable to diagnose myocardial infarction levels of shitty.

The government basically thinks "education good" and starts making lots of crappy schools as if it was going to magically turn the country into a super power. I've literally seen politicians citing how many schools they created as a talking point. The result is of course overqualified Uber drivers.

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shapefrog 1092 days ago
Beats over here where the government basically thinks "education bad" and starts making lots of schools crappy out of a realisation that anyone who can add two numbers together wont vote for them come election time.

The result is of course a population that isnt qualified to do anything but sit at home watching propaganda on tv.

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matheusmoreira 1092 days ago
Everything you described is also happening here. I just avoided mentioning it so as to avoid derailing the thread into brazilian politics.

Truth is the primary purpose of our schools is to be the main government indoctrination tool. I still remember the asinine "sociology" and "history" classes taught by a socialist feminist teacher. I was literally forced to agree with marxist nonsense in her tests or fail the class. It was so blatant as to be comical. This also shows up in our SAT equivalent as rules about "respecting human rights". They force you to pick the "correct" ideological answer. Wrote anything even remotely controversial in your essay? You're not making it into any university. Even if you do make it, they never stop. Imagine a question about proper terms for trangender people suddenly showing up in the middle of a mathematics test at university.

I have videos of primary school teachers teaching children to sing worker's party songs. I wish I was making this up.

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