[Jonty30]

I agree with you there. In my opinion, the vast majority of jobs should require a quality high school diploma and be able to hire people from that and train them on the job. I do believe the majority of jobs could be filled in this fashion, but the old high school educations were the equivalent of two years of college today in terms of requirements before a person could graduate.

[cgbg]

quality high school diploma

Agree--"education" is _way_ over-rated unless it is very high quality.

With the Internet a self-motivated person can learn most of what they need outside the educational system--and their employer can fill in the gaps with specific training.

Reasonable intelligence, high motivation (and positive attitude and willingness to work hard) will get most jobs done.

I could have trained my replacement in a couple of years if I got to pick them and teach them the tricks--my employer was more interested in checking the "diversity" boxes...

Their call (wicked grin...).