Originally posted by: HearMeRoar
That I'll educate my kid excuse is a weird one to me. A lot of Indian parents send their kids to coaching classes to get into medicine or engineering.
Why? Let them compete on the same level as poor kids. Those outsiders might be more deserving because something.
Middle class is also privilege when you're looking up from the level of the have nots.
And this is one of the main reasons the poor and underprivileged people of society always have a hard time catching up. And it’s not just and Indian problem. It’s a global problem. But we are getting into a socio-economic and political discussion here which I really don’t want to get into.
As for your example, sending your kid to coaching classes is one thing. But if you take your kid who wants to be a doctor and hand him a stethoscope and take him to a hospital or clinic to start practicing medicine without even having set foot in medical school then you are endangering lives, not to mention breaking laws. This is an extreme example, but not letting your kid work hard and earn their position is always harmful for them and for society.

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