[mbs6]

Education alone does not determine a person’s earnings potential in a free society. I’m guessing that many of these highly educated federal employees hold degrees in fuzzy studies which don’t pay in the free market.

[from occupied ga]

I’m guessing that many of these highly educated federal employees hold degrees in fuzzy studies which don’t pay in the free market.

Wonder how many hold degrees in "black studies," and "womens' studies."

[DonaldC]

“Education alone does not determine a person’s earnings potential...”

I dunno, I’ve interviewed graduate level people before and nearly all of them felt that having those pieces of paper entitled them to something better.

[muawiyah]

At the moment most of the openings in federal government jobs in the DC area are for engineers, accountants, lawyers, CPAs, computer systems analysts, etc.

Those are hardly fuzzy areas.

This is one of the reasons Northern Virginia's Thomas Jefferson High School is DOMINATING the National Science Foundation's competiton.

I'm just guessing that you think the Department of Education is the big employer her. With the Pentagon just down the road I don't think so.

[antisocial]

“Education alone does not determine a person’s earnings potential in a free society. I’m guessing that many of these highly educated federal employees hold degrees in fuzzy studies which don’t pay in the free market.”

Exactly! I used to have to work with an FDA investigator that was at the top of his GS pay scale. He had a BA degree in history, not very relevant to his job of inspecting vaccine manufacturers.