tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post5955480445433823151..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: "Regarding schools, Brock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-67474910876476780352013-11-16T21:05:35.296-05:002013-11-16T21:05:35.296-05:00Agreed. The trades are the way to go.Agreed. The trades are the way to go.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-66909061082820625012013-11-16T20:48:56.163-05:002013-11-16T20:48:56.163-05:00They also used to let people fail out of school. B...They also used to let people fail out of school. By insisting that everybody graduate high school, they had to dumb it down, and in the process devalue the HS diploma not just because of the lowered standards, but also because of the law of supply and demand. Now, first through twelfth grades are throw away education. You can't get a job with a High School diploma so if you're not going to college, you might as well drop out of HS.<br /><br />Then they said everybody had to "earn" a Bachelor's Degree. Same result. I expect Master's Degrees are next if the funding holds out.<br /><br />The best and the brightest tend to be autodidacts, anyway<br /><br />My mother is a former teacher, she says the trouble makers and those not able to keep up academically or who are just disinterested should be shunted into trade school.roger uhttp://nclinksandthinks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com