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September 5, 2010 - 7:25 am - by Roger Kimball
debbies21
2010-09-06 06:20:51

We’ve dummied down the k – 12 system to such a degree that 90% of the H.S. grads from Newark. Nj have to take remedial math in college. If that many need remedial help maybe they should not have graduated in th first place. But with so little manufacturing in the US do we need trade schools.

The HS that my dad graduated from in NJ was ranked #3 in the state. Students learned Latin and Greek, everyone not just AP or honor students. Now the school is in the bottom 25%. I’m sure that this is true in many of our public schools. So now students who can’t master HS work are now in college. With the O administration taking over student loans the college bubble will become worse. If you don’t payoff loan in 20 years it’s forgiven. If you take a government job or a “service job its forgiven. To clean up the college bubble we need to get rid of majors and degree studies that wont get you a job. Anything that ends in studies. Women’s studies Asian studies etc. College should be if you need it for a job. Lawyer, doctor, teacher, accounting. Get rid of the BS and all the teachers,staff, pensions and overhead and costs will come down