That is an 80 year old system. Developed at MIT from the British version. The Mark 37 Fire Control system (1937) mainline into the 1960s.
Yet they will bitch and moan about the homeless and people using public services when it takes a college degree to make the money necessary to not be the people they bitch and moan about. I do understand some people can make money without a college degree... But thats the exception not the norm.
I have a feeling we're not going to see eye-to-eye on this one, but there are tons of solid-paying occupations out there that don't require degrees. Many being blue-collar occupations that are unfortunately and unreasonably looked down upon, but there are plenty of them. Next time you talk to a truck driver, or a mechanic, or a plumber, or an electrician, or a construction worker, etc...find out what degree requirement their job has.
If only there were some statistics to measure this... https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2018/data-on-display/education-pays.htm If you click on the "View Chart Data" link there - it will also have some unemployment rates.
Couldn't agree more. I no many people that stared their own companies and did well over time. I now those that as you bring to light that went to work young at some company where the learned a trade and prospered. My oldest son with out a college degree was an electricians helper for a some electrical contractor for 4 years got to know some others in the industry and was sponsored to be an apprentice of which he work and went to Electricians school for 4 years and became a journeyman last year making well over 100K a year. He almost quit several times and would ask me for advise, and I mentioned he luck to being paid a nice wage while attending a paid, take school to become a journeymen. I reminded him of his goal when he went looking to be a helper that someday he could possible become a journeyman, that always helped him hang in their. He the self disciplined type but it was tough while raising a family at the same time. I have a daughter that went to Western, where her mother went, she got degree in Psychology and work in social service for a while then decided she didn't like that and now is making modest money working in a warehouse. She likes it.
On a different note, I kinda like the concept some cities have in their high schools: 9th & 10th grades are general education. Following your sophomore year, you choose the road of academics or technical and go to that particular school to complete your education. As I understand, there's a corresponding diploma.
If you look at the number of graduates the overwhelming majority are business majors, hardly liberal leaning people. Social sciences (which include Law, Economics, and Linguistics) is a distant 3rd. I think you see a majority of conservatives are against higher education is because a lot of money has been spent on messaging campaigns. It paid dividends in the last elections so I don’t see their efforts diminishing. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cta.asp
Looks like the toughest discipline to get a degree in is engineering. That's right, engineers rule. And our pocket protectors and slide rules are way more cool than those ugly brown leather briefcases business men tote around.
