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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know the history of all this, but maybe one of the transformations coming out of all this is really finding a way to recruit college grads into the profession. College grad underemployment is huge and getting worse. It's a 2:1 value proposition because it gives this group a profession to dedicate themselves and draws from a younger, healthier population.

"The unemployment rate for young college graduates exceeds that of the general population, and about 41 percent of recent college graduates -- and 33.8 percent of all college graduates -- are underemployed in that they are working in jobs that don't require a college degree, according to new data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York."

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/02/18/41-recent-grads-work-jobs-not-requiring-degree

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Well, more people are going to college assuming it’ll get them a good job... then they realize they’re competing with all the others who thought it’d be great to study the same thing too... I even know lawyers who can’t get their first job because there’s more applicants than openings in the state they took the test in.

When everyone goes to college and many jobs are being replaced with computers, we are going to see less college grads landing career jobs and ending up at Starbucks.

It’s sad. [/quote]

Teaching could be a terrific career path for many in this population. Plus, it's not going to be automated in the near future unless teachers insist on putting themselves out of work by continuing to push distance learning (with end game just centralizing it all).[/quote]

If someone went to school to be a lawyer, doctor, or something else that pays at least double what a teacher makes, and gets way more respect, I don’t think they’d want to be a teacher! Hell no. They can come on here and see all the engineers, doctors, and lawyers talking about how stupid they think teachers are and how much they don’t appreciate them. Most would probably rather get into a more respected, higher paying trade, or become a SAHM than become a teacher.

But, okay. [/quote]

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