And we need to have less focus on - “only degreed and credentialed people can succeed” — and clean up just who decides who knows enough (and what) to teach.
One of my favorite lines from all time was in that movie Goodwill Hunting IIRC. He tells the smart ass from Harvard that someday he will wake up and realize he spent $250,000 for an educaiton he could have gotten at the Public Library for the cost of a Library card...Priceless!
“And we need to have less focus on - “only degreed and credentialed people can succeed” — and clean up just who decides who knows enough (and what) to teach.”
Maybe we should move to testing to see what people know. Learning is one thing; degrees are another. Two people can graduate with the same degree from the same school... one knows much and the other was good at cramming for exams. They look the same on paper.
Employers should be able to give tests to candidates without worrying about discrimination suits over the test results. If you are a self-taught learner and have the knowledge, it won’t matter if you have a degree or not. Knowledge is the thing desired.
You’re right. I keep hearing that there are many jobs out there that there aren’t properly skilled workers for. We need to taylor the school system to what is actuall needed and reinstitute apprenticeships.