College

I often quote someone and I don't recall the persons name when I say, never confuse formal education with intelligence. The United States has never ranked at the top of international education tests, since we began comparing countries in 1964, yet has been the dominant economic and innovative force in the world the entire time. The reason for the apparent disconnect is because schools don’t prepare students for the real world, so broad educational attainment will have a weak correlation with economic power. More and more people are beginning to realize that college for all too many students was a waste of time and money. Prior to WW 2 if a young man wanted to learn about business, he went to work for a businessman and kept his eyes and ears open. After a period of time he was ready to start his own business. With the knowledge that he picked up working plus a lot of ambition and willingness to work hard he had a good chance of being successful. Even technical work like engineering can be learned on the job. People like to hire engineers because they know they can learn but then then set about teaching them what they need to know.