What? Why would you say that?
Well, have you ever gone through a drive-thru of a fast food restaurant. Who hasn't! The experience is the same all across the country. You drive to the order menu, order whatever, receive at the pick-up window, and drive away. When you look in the sack at least two blocks and two traffic lights away, you realize you ordered a chicken sandwich and you got a hamburger. Or you cut the onions and your hamburger is loaded with them. Or you said, "No cheese please," and they put two slices on the sandwich. Or you got someone else's order. Or you ordered and paid for two sandwiches, french fries, and a drink. When you opened the sack - right, now fries. Since these orders were put together by teenagers, usually, you have to think These are supposed to be students of a world class educational system. We're in trouble if they represent the whole. Oh, no, they do. Because you have the same experience no matter what the brand name of the drive-thru, no matter which city, no matter which cuisine, no matter what state.
Yeah, these are the students that are making 70% or higher on tests, homework, projects, and final grades. And talk to a university professor to see if gets any better. Talk to human resource interviewers to see if their entry level applicants are any better. Talk to the government agents who are trying to collect on student loans. Talk to the voters who convinced Bernie Sanders to allow free college tuition for all students who want to attend college. Talk to the parents, and there are many, many, who have 30-year-old children living in their homes.
The only thing modern education seems to be producing is a group of people whose 70% knowledge of a general curriculum tells them that what they have learned is nothing or next to nothing. In 10 more years when society's adult population will be paying the piper for these educated people's lack of knowledge about general matters, a huge portion of adults are going to find it hard to exist above the subsistence level. Lots of them. Lots and lots of them. If there is a time coming when the Haves will take the opportunity to take from the Have Nots, this will be the time. I'll probably witness it. By then, I hope to have my spot in the top 5% of the nation consolidated. But for many... I already feel for them.
