German universities, unlike their American counterparts, charge no tuition, and state universities in America keep raising tuition year after year. He feels that the difference is between paying with money in America or with one's youth in Germany.
美國和德國學制比較之下，德國高等教育不需要學費，和美國州立大學學費年年調漲，他覺得「美國是用金錢換得學位，德國則是用青春換學位」。