There is something to be said for good and simple, but I understand the impetus to strike out on your own. Yes, she is from THAT kind of family, but I got the impression that most Norwegian families are pretty well provisioned. Isolated experiences obviously.
nostr:npub14eng8plhflea40cu3lafnw6nwkxsp5te2v7hzy74lz6a9mjhpaks0wm4rw Dad legitimately did not want me to leave my home town. "Why don't you stay here? Life is good and simple here."
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nostr:npub14eng8plhflea40cu3lafnw6nwkxsp5te2v7hzy74lz6a9mjhpaks0wm4rw 33.4% of Norwegians above the age of 16 have a college education. 37.4% have only finished high school. 26.2% have only finished secondary school.
In my age cohort, it's 47.6% for college, 32.7% for high school and 16.2% for secondary school only.
I expect these figures would look different if you eliminated the big cities from that statistic.
It wasn't that common for my parents' generation to get educated. Only 26.1% of people above the age of 67 have a college education.
That’s interesting. I suspect the US statistics are appreciatively worse. I think that state funded post secondary education is so important to the advancement of human culture. It should be a global standard.