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Originally Posted by berettafan
livi education stopped paying off 50+ years ago...
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Completely true. A college education these days is what a high school diploma used to be - it represents about the same level of knowledge, ability, skill, etc. A person NEEDS a college degree these days (with its associated cost of tens of thousands of dollars) just to be seriously considered as manager of a shoe store. It's no longer a case of people getting college educations because they know it will "pay off", it's a case of them getting college educations because without one, you'll be working a job standing at a cash register, or waiting tables, or installing Cable TV, or selling used cars. Or (more likely in today's economy) you won't be working at all.
This whole situation is a direct reflection of what a complete failure the pedantic educational system in America is - both primary and secondary.