When I graduated from high school back in the 1960s, you could actually get a pretty good job with only a high school diploma. But not any more.
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Back in the good ole days when people graduated from high school they actually knew a thing or two and were well prepared for working entry level or apprentice type jobs. Grads were functionally literate, especially those on an academic track.
Nowadays, the modern high school graduate can barely read, write or do basic math. I taught at the college level for a while and saw this first hand. Today’s high schools are just factories that put children on conveyor belts and push them out the door. Few are prepared for real world jobs that require skills.
Fully agree. I know kids around here who cannot tell time. Their watches are all digital. They cannot read one with hands on the face. Never mind asking them if they know international time scale, like the military uses. 2 a.m. is 0200, 6 p.m. is 1800 hours. Don’t bother asking, they don’t know. but they can operate that smart phone and play games on it.