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Do We Need — or Want — More Students in College?

March 16, 2010 - 12:00 am - by George Leef
jack herman
2010-03-16 13:07:06

The push for college degrees is nonsense. The improvement needs to be in lower education. Of what value is a high school diploma? The liberal education system have devalued a HS diploma to the point one needs to attend an undergraduate school to get a high school education. A high school diploma should be an indication that one is educable. Anymore, it’s not. It’s barely an indication that an individual has consistent attendance. The sad thing is that those students who work hard and take their high school education seriously are simply lumped in with the dolts that are merely passing time. On occasion, I’ve had to opportunity to work with individuals having education levels varying from GEDs to PhDs. Often the guy with the GED came up with a more competent solution to a problem than the guy with the PhD. Far too often intelligence is equated with education. It’s simply not. Intelligence and common sense are traits one is born with. It doesn’t always require an advance degree to make use of them. There’s too many people who have yet to learn that and obviously their leader temporarily resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington D.C.