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[quote=Anonymous]I will say this. I have managed several teams during my career. I have worked in lots of different types of environments, both with hourly and salaried workers. Generally speaking, there is a different type of mentality among people who have been college educated. I’m not saying they’re better or worse than any other worker, I’m simply pointing out that there is a marked difference in how they think versus people who have not received college education.

And it’s not about intelligence. I think it’s moreso a lack of exposure to broader perspectives about things. I have found that it’s harder to train uneducated workers from hourly backgrounds. IME they have found it more difficult to grasp abstract and nonlinear concepts and tasks. I’m sure there are exceptions somewhere, but this is my experience.

If someone is fine limiting their knowledge in life and accepts that, I do not judge them for that. But I do think it’s shortsighted as a modern society to say that college education is worthless and should be minimized or done away with, or reserved for a select few. I am not aware of any safe, successful, productive countries that are devaluing lower or higher education.[/quote]

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