[mo]

"I think part of this problem results from our obsession with sending everyone to "college"....."

BINGO!! The "College Industry" is basically the liberal employment guild...for liberals so divorced from reality they are suited for little else...

[SoftballMominVA]

Exactly--every kid that enters high school is considered "college-bound." But some kids don't want or need to go to college to be successful. I know that the last time I needed a plumber or electrician, I paid nearly $100 for them to walk in the door.

Our country, not just schools, devalues work done with your hands and places high value on those in the service industry of lawyers, doctors, stockbrokers, etc. This is a systemic cultural problem.

[Tired of Taxes]

Absolutely. It's a circle. Kids are taught that, to get anywhere in life, you have to go to college. As a result, more people go to college. So, now college has been dumbed down, and a BA is equivalent to what a high school diploma was years ago.

I have relatives on one side of the family who all went to college. They're doctors, lawyers, teachers, and CPAs. The other side of the family did not go to college. They're plumbers and mechanics and earning at least the same amount of money, if not a greater amount. All of those jobs require intelligence. Americans just don't want to get their hands dirty anymore.