We can't find applicants capable of learning machine operation. A local employment service had to drop a question from their screening test because too many applicants were missing the question: "20 is what percent of 100?"
The National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers, along with many parents, can take their share of the blame.
The situation is critical only if America plans to compete with China....
"A local employment service had to drop a question from their screening test because too many applicants were missing the question: "20 is what percent of 100?""
You have that right. Each year, on the first day of class, I ask my college freshmen in my financial accounting class to calculate 32% of 100. Less than half of them can answer the question correctly.