>>Easy solution, bring back vocational schools! The complaint is that the Community College is educating, not training. Do. The. Math!<<
Vocational question. The oil gauge shows 2/3 full. The engine holds 4 quarts of oil. How much oil does it need?
(this is for a high performance car that has an oil gauge)
I’d put in 3 and let the extra approx. 1/3 quart blow out the breather tube . . . because the oil gauge never reads exactly right . . .
While I agree with your (and other responders) point that math knowledge is almost universally needed, at least to some extent, my point is that there are many people who function mentally better in schooling where there is more practice than theory.
But we have made College into something it was never intended for, a finishing school for all high school grads. At the same time we have denigrated the vocational and trade schools. This Educrat and Leveler nonsense needs to choked, choked to death.
FYI : your answer is 1 and a 3rd Quarts or is this a trick question? (grin!)