This is one of those cases where I started with a disclaimer, and then removed it to make my statement more pithy, because of course it doesn't apply in general--so the Principle of Charity should tell you I'm working from the facts of the specific case, instead of making an inference from a (misguided) universal. :)
Specifically, my original statement was going to be:
> If high school isn't accomplishing its goals (of giving citizens the tools to participate in democracy) -- and we see the need to supplement that education with years of additional university education to achieve the originally-intended effect -- then we probably just need to make those years of university education part of high school, mandatory, and free.
Specifically, my original statement was going to be:
> If high school isn't accomplishing its goals (of giving citizens the tools to participate in democracy) -- and we see the need to supplement that education with years of additional university education to achieve the originally-intended effect -- then we probably just need to make those years of university education part of high school, mandatory, and free.