We’ve also gone from being able to get a blue-collar job with an 8th-grade education to expecting everyone to go to college whether it will help them or not. These trends are not independent of one another.
Unfortunately, turning college into four more years of postgraduate daycare is ruining the quality of education there for those who actually might benefit. Pander to the lowest common denominator long enough, and you eventually lose the ability to do anything else.
That would seem to be the case.
ReplyDeleteWe’ve also gone from being able to get a blue-collar job with an 8th-grade education to expecting everyone to go to college whether it will help them or not. These trends are not independent of one another.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, turning college into four more years of postgraduate daycare is ruining the quality of education there for those who actually might benefit. Pander to the lowest common denominator long enough, and you eventually lose the ability to do anything else.
Tom - make your expectations low enough and you'll never be disappointed.
ReplyDeleteAnd they're not teaching that well.
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