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jps

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:27:33 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:35:32 -0700, jps wrote:

It's pretty obvious you're not a subscriber to higher ed.

I think the idea that everyone should go to college is probably not
valid.
There are plenty of people with liberal arts degrees who never learned
anything helpful in finding a job, yet they are saddled with a
$100,000 student loan that may end up costing them $200,000 or more by
the time they pay it off..
My biggest complaint with the American education establishment is the
degree of vertical integration. There is very little contact with the
real world. The system is dominated by generations of people who went
to school when they were 6 and never left.

College is certainly not for everyone but who's making a living
outside of professional life?

Sales still has good opportunities but if Americans don't have
disposable income the field is limited.

Blue collar work is being shipped overseas.

Service work doesn't pay unless you're the business owner.