My grandson will start high school. The school only has about 350 students. He has escaped into a serious meritocracy where he will need to work his ass off to survive.
“Over time, our educational deficit with other countries, notably China, particularly in the acquisition of practical skills in mathematics, engineering medical technology, and management, has grown, threatening our economic and political pre-eminence.”
At least 90% of the young US population is not smart enough to benefit from such education. That’s why we have government provided daycare...also known as public schools.
Those kids will gain nothing from more advanced curriculum and competent teaching.
No reason to invest the money.
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The unemployable rate is already around 50%. The Socialist dream of a guaranteed basic income cannot be avoided, now.
The solution is obvious. Do away with merit in the job market, too. The last company that tried to recruit me presented a really appealing picture in their recruitment pitch and in my first two interviews with people with whom I would actually be working. Then they turned me over to some yutz in HR who was far more interested in my stance on LGBTQWTF issues and intersectional allyship than in my job history, skill set, or what I could do to add value to their product line.
I thanked them for their time and walked.
Reading is the key to learning.
My high school education in the 1970s was a colossal joke (think "Welcome Back Kotter") but reading got me through. As a result, people just assume I have a college education based on how I communicate both written and orally.
As for college, I never went except a few night courses on specific topics that my employer mostly paid for. So zero college debt for me and my income is well above the average of college grads even in my age group.
Lastly, I should mention that the public libraries are still FREE. Since I was about 10 years old, I've had a weekly habit of going to the public library and checking out a stack of books. I did this even when in the military.
Even if I read only a portion of them, I'm getting something out of it. I also like to pull books off the shelves at random. What do you have to lose? If I don't like the book I randomly picked, it just gets returned the next week anyhow. But more often than not, that random book sends me down a new path of learning. That is how I expand my base of knowledge.
Here's an idea how about ending wage crushing H-1B visas? That one thing would change the paradigm dramatically in favor of US CITIZENS!!!
i’ve been saying this for 20+ yrs...
January 23, 2024
Wheel of a Delta Boeing 757 comes off while it was preparing to take off
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4212296/posts
January 9, 2024
United, Alaska Find Loose Parts on Some Boeing 737 MAX 9 Jets
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4209021/posts
A college education in America is almost always useless because of all this woke crap.
I'm in my 60s and ready for retirement but my company has been aggressively trying to keep me and has selected me for future advancement in large part because there are so few candidates junior to me that are capable (or even willing) to do what I can do.
January 23, 2024
Delta Airlines’ 757 loses its NOSE TIRES on the runway in Atlanta and is forced to abort flight while taxiing - in latest terrifying incident involving a Boeing jet
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4212471/posts