Higher (Priced) Education

Oscar Wilde once described a cynic as a man who knew the price of everything and the value of nothing. It makes me wonder, were he alive today, if he would characterize us as a country of cynics or merely dismiss us as a nation of fools.

I mean, how is it that Americans who lived hard scrabble lives 150 years ago could read, write, do math problems and quote at length from Shakespeare and the Bible, while today, in spite of “Sesame Street,” pre-school, Operation Head Start, computers and mind-numbing hours of homework, millions of youngsters entering college can do none of those things?

It seems obvious to me that our education system, which costs us billions and billions of dollars, is a wreck. While not all of it is the fault of the teachers unions, affirmative action, bi-lingual education and the emphasis on promoting self-esteem in the youngsters, a lot of it is. But if there was any one thing I would change tomorrow, it’s the loony notion that everyone should get a college degree [snip]

As a result, the biggest con game, the slickest racket, in America is the co-called college education...

[no one is saying college isn't a good thing - but it's a scam for those put through it and, more importantly, is preventing millions of adults from going back to learn what they need to in an ever changing society because they're not going to put up with endless hours of learning what they don't need to know {which only they are qualified to determine} - Recommended > ]

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