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Everybody Today Is Smart ... Or are they?

    The up and coming generation must be smart because they are all going to College.

    Here is the gist of an article I read in my newspaper recently...    
A California couple lured a handyman to their house and then kidnapped him for 6 hours while they forced him to work on their dish washer & other appliances.

    Is this the tip of the Iceberg? Are we starting to run out of Butchers, Bakers and Candlestick Makers? It seems all of our young people are becoming Brain Surgeons, Rocket Scientists and, heaven forbid, Lawyers.

    Who is going to fix things in the future?

    My Father had 6 siblings and none went to college but all supported their families well. They did such things as Graphic Artist, Inventor, Grocer, Another Grocer, Married a Rich Guy (who did not go to college), a Factory Worker of some kind and a Food Caterer.

    My Brother was the first of the next generation to go to college. Even then only 3 or 4 of 14 of that generation went to college

    Now is seems like everybody goes to college. If this trend continues, who is going to Cut our Meat into Steaks, Bake our Bread into Loves and Make Our Wax into Candlesticks?

    I'm really not that worried about the Candlesticks because candlesticks are many times really Butane Lighters hidden inside what looks like a Candlestick.

    On the other hand, who is going to assemble the Butane Lighters and make the thingy that looks like a Candlestick?

    I guess that's why our Federal Government invented China. It's going to be a long time before they all go to college.

    I just did a lot of research into this Impending Disaster and found out I have been wasting your time. This issue is not an issue that we really need be concerned about because our Butchers, Bakers and Candlestick Makers are going to come from the ranks of our College Freshman. There is not going to be a shortage after all.

    The reality of our modern American Institutions of Higher Learning influx and out flux of Freshmen actually functions as follows...     
  • They enroll full of anticipation to become something really smart.
  • The first night in college they go to a party.
  • The next night they go to another party.
  • They quickly learn that all those books their parents paid for are great for sitting on so they can be seen at the bar by the bartender when they are ready for the next round of whatever they are practicing their drinking with.
  • This pattern continues to perfect itself until they are really Accomplished Drinkers.

    Do you get my drift? A very high percentage of College Freshmen do not become College Sophomores. What they become are Butchers, Bakers and Candlestick Makers. They do not all become Brain Surgeons, Rocket Scientists and, thank heaven, Lawyers.

    All is right with the world after all.

    Would I kid u?
    Smartfella
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( May 12th, 2016 @ 10:23 pm )
 
Great post with an accurate analogy.

The Education Industry is a self-interest industry, and we are all paying for that industry's mismanagement of our youth.



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