seanismorris

What’s needed is to mix back in the apprenticeship system.  The problem is young people exit the college system massively in debt but lacking the real work experience that’s needed.  Because of the debt, they’re pushed into certain jobs that narrows the opportunities.

When I was in college, learning a foreign language was a requirement for graduation.  That’s no doubt a valuable skill for some individuals, but it was a complete waste of my time.  History?  Certainly important... but how the freak does that give students hirable skills?

I’ve always thought history and English (literature) should have been merged in high school.  Why was I being forced to read books that were irrelevant.  Why poetry?  If I was going to write an essay on something, I’d much rather it be about something of historical significance (history). Anyone that wants to learn about Shakespeare, take it as an elective... 

Anyways... the vast majority of our education system is just wasting students time, and doesn’t prepare them for what employers need.

If I was going to do it again, I’d have dropped out of high school, home schooled for a GED and bounced between a few apprenticeships learning real skills.  I’m pretty sure it would illegal though, because they’d have been employing underage labor.