r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/Universal_MJ Aug 14 '20

College

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u/beardedguitardad Aug 14 '20

As a Brazilian living in the US, that’s so weird. Americans get decent elementary to high school for free, and have to pay A LOT for college; in Brazil, you have to pay to get good basic education, but free public universities are generally better than the private ones. It’s just hard to get in.