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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I'd contend that our biggest problem is that the primary and secondary education system has become weak[/b].  The typical high school graduate today is emerging less well-educated than a high school graduates did decades ago.  A 2-year degree today is roughly the equivalent of what a high school diploma was 50 years ago.

We really need to focus on more robust primary and secondary education, along with providing better options.  Not everyone wants or needs to go to college, and we really do not do vocational training and trades justice.[/quote]

I don't believe this at all.  What my daughter is doing in 6th grade is light years ahead of what I did in a very well regarded public 35 years ago.  The work load that HS students are put through is crazy.  What _has_ changed is the amount of education necessary to have a decent job.  I'd agree that an associates degree is probably similar to a HS degree in terms of the type of job it can get you, but IMO that has a lot more to do w/ the jobs we have out there now vs. the educational system. [/quote]

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