TLDR There is no defending his decisions so I ' ll make it sound like it ' s the critic ' s fault . <| sep |> This means having public schools that are decent and allow people to be educated regardless of their economic background And why is this considered a positive trait in an education system ? As the failure of modern education systems based on egalitarian ideology becomes more and more evident in the endless hordes of worthless educated people the west has produced in the past 2 decades , it becomes increasingly harder to argue against a more restrictive , exclusive education system . Education should be a privilege reserved for only the best of the best . Poor people disqualify from that category by definition .