[gcruse]

 If this is what our colleges are turning out as an excuse
for a political science major, we are in bigger trouble than what I thought.

I look at the requirement for teachers in the way of degrees and
wonder why.  We sure don't pay them for the time spent at university.
Heck, even a city librarian opening requires a master's degree.
Then I consider that I could teach my profession to a class
better than any general teacher ever could, and I don't have a
degree at all.
That a political science graduate would be so ignorant, yet so
convinced of his mistaken views, makes me wonder why, in lieu
of a year of OJT, any job below research scientist requires
college education at all.

[Kerberos]

"makes me wonder why, in lieu of a year of OJT, any job below research scientist requires college education at all. "

I have wondered that myself. Most everything I have actually learned that had any bearing on the real world, outside of accounting, I learned outside of school. Then again, I have always had a desire to learn and have found that one lifetime is not nearly enough time to learn all that I would like to know.

[Twodees]

why, in lieu of a year of OJT, any job below research scientist requires college education at all.

I've come to the conclusion that this trend toward even ditch diggers needing at least a BA is to expose as many people as possible to the marxist indoctrinators on the faculties of colleges.

A friend of mine mailed me a clipping from the Help Wanted ads in his local newspaper a few years ago. The ad he highlighted listed the qualifications needed which included a BA in something or other. The closing line of the ad read, "Some heavy lifting involved". I $#!+ you not.