I agree with much of what you said with the exception of the loss of trade schools. College became the “in thing” and that’s where the money was focused. And now they’re just over bloated bastions of subpar education with eyes on the sports features. I recognize that isn’t every school but I am amazed at the capabilities of a Magna Cum Laude graduate who told me it wasn’t difficult to achieve.. just turn in the assignments and show up for class. I remember helping her with math and other basic life skills she was missing after her degree.
You do realize that those in the trades live a very good lifestyle and that is because they are handy and ambitious. They don’t have to run to and pay for a health club to stay in shape. They have life skills college grads are missing.
We need college and the trades and we need them well educated in their fields. Throwing money at the problem isn’t the answer, intelligent teachers will go along way fixing the problem, as you pointed out the case in Finland.
As a side note, if I heard one more person say shtraw, shtrange, shtride, shtump, etc. I’m going to have a fit. There is a whole list of words that are being mauled in the English language.
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