re: #165 ggt

I have to agree. There is also no one standard of what is “well educated”. There are many Mike Rowe-Type of jobs that require real intelligence. I agree with Mike that we need to change our perceptions.

Not everyone needs a 4-year academic scholarly degree. Business majors seem to be a dime-a dozen and they get out of college and find jobs as retail assistant managers — barely making enough to pay rent and their loans. Many would be happier as plumbers or truck drivers, IMHO.

There is a huge difference between, not everyone needs or will benefit from a college education, and high school is good enough. Why is education so feared or reviled now? Trades are good jobs as long as the are not filled with illegal immigrants who will drive down pay to the poverty level. My point was that USA NEEDS a whole lot of college educated people in order to compete with the rest of the world. And in doing so, why are these young folks having to enter a soft job market with so much debt? It will be the highly educated that will help turn our trade deficit around. Not Mike Rowe type jobs….

I am really shocked that this is even an issue here.