We need machinists, nurses, and other skilled/technical disciplines more than college graduates. The workforce is overpopulated with college graduates with little to no skills
“The workforce is overpopulated with college graduates with little to no skills”
This is true. I’ve seen quite a few 22 year old college graduates that have never held a job. They are completely helpless and mostly worthless. An education and skills are two different things.
The attempt to ignore the bell curve and the fact that some people are not intellectually equipped for high school, let alone college, has as pernicious an effect on society as the belief that owning a house is a right rather than a responsibility.
Exactly! I don't have a college degree, but I have technical skills that are in high demand (at least for now!). I have more work than I can handle through my part-time consulting business. Of course, I'm fairly literate, can communicate pretty effectively, and most importantly, I can sell myself.
It’s been years ago... probably in the Clinton era,
but I still remember the look of shocked horror on the faces of some lib BSFs at a party I was attending when I stated
“college isn’t for everyone, you know.”
“The workforce is overpopulated with college graduates with little to no skills”
Indeed, mostly with degrees that are a glorified version of a High School diploma. Those that actually learn something of value in college have marketable skills. I learned molecular biology.
The workforce is overpopulated with all kinds of people with little to no skills.
Agree 100%.
I need a carpenter and a plumber!
“We need machinists, nurses, and other skilled/technical disciplines more than college graduates. The workforce is overpopulated with college graduates with little to no skills”
While I agree with your position, I do want to point out that nurses ARE college graduates.