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Hope I didn't offend anyone with the Chiefs/Indians reference...
But here goes...
When I was in school... I'm in my mid-40's.
You'd look around the class and you'd see 11 factory workers, 8 administrators, 3 nare do wells, 2 teachers and 2 CEO's and a Doctor.
I'm sure you can understand what I mean... not EVERYONE is cut out for grad-school.
Back then... there was nothing wrong with becoming an auto mechanic or a chef or even a waitress. But it seems that in the last decade you hear threats from parents, "Junior, keep up those grades and you'll be mopping floors at the factory."
All we hear is education, education, education... be ALL you can be, reach for the top. So higher education has flourished financially...
I don't want to sound like a Socialist or a Communist... BUT in their systems, the youth were identified early on for their skills, strengths and aptitude. And then they were directed into an appropriate career.
A personal example... when I was in college I knew SEVERAL kids who were there because mon and dad expected them to go and they got to live at home and were supported financially. A couple of them were under academic suspensionwithin a semester or two and went home. A few more struggled through, didn't learn a damn thing but stuck around long enough to pass their classes and get degrees. So the "real world" starts making degrees prerequisite for hiring... even if the degree has NOTHING to do with the job. And these people end up falling into jobs.
So what am I ranting about?
Does everyone need to have a Masters Degree? Should everyone TRY? Why the surge of undocumented immigrants? Maybe because some American kid grew up with his mom saying "If you don't study, you'll work in the fields"... Well guess what, people DO have to work in fields. People have to work in fields, mines, factories and on the streets.
Is our culture suffering from a couple generations of kids who expect to be CEO's and Managers when their internal wiring makes them better "indians"?
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