Conclusion

There may be some comment that this plan foists a scheme on people in the name of ending the forcing of schemes on people. This is a misreading of the situation — society necessarily "foists" things upon its members — one can only attempt to ensure that the measures (and implicitly the society) are as open ended and non-exploitive as possible. By requiring a break in the headlong rush to get a degree for our "best" (however defined) students, we can only increase the amount of criticism of the established goals, and the sympathy for other members of society, their problems and experiences. Insofar as many of those taking part in the scheme will in future be required to manage what they themselves have come through, one can hope that the management will be somewhat more humane, and more importantly that the inherent contradictions in social wealth privately owned will become more obvious. I think this proposal, if implemented, will be one small step toward a better society.

—Anthony Ward