Higher education and its promotion is a giant scam.
But by all means, let's keep blaming the kids.
"Higher education and its promotion is a giant scam.
But by all means, let's keep blaming the kids."
Actually, higher education is a club. Almost anyone can join. I will admit, there are those that aren't suited for college, but there are also skilled trades available as a career.
Even with a BA, kids can get jobs that they would never get without a degree. My degree is in electronics, yet I am in a programming related field. And I have seen bigger "misfits" in terms of the field of work versus course of study.
As evil as I think offshoring is, there is still opportunity here. Get a degree, in anything, and be willing to work hard, and you'll be ok.
That's what I tell my kids, and I believe that.
You are totally right. There are to many people taking higher education. Probably almost a third of the people that starts up taking higher education is not suited for it. Some of them flunk out and some never get the job they went to college for because its not that many good paying jobs out there. Instead of starting a work career early and getting a head start on the college people they throw away their money first than ends up with a bad job. Money put into a college career could have been used in getting a head start in the housing market
I agree with you but I notice many people are missing the obvious point. Having gone through higher education, I think it's all crap. Highger education is right up there with the slip-n-fall lawyers for shoving a stick up the collective butts of America.