Education is very important for human progress, whether you become successful in the end being a business person or plumber, it really doesn't matter. They only respect those jobs when there's a problem? Welcome to the working world. No one gives a shit about the hedgefund manager either.
You didn't specify, but you just called some degrees useless, that's hypocrisy in it's finest. It's fine if you want your kids to grow up to be borderline special eds with as little education as possible, but please dont preach like it's actually a good thing for humans. It's not, never will be.
Do you even know what you are posting? Education is important for human progress, but guess what, reality shows that not everyone wants that education or is fit for that education. Not everyone are fit become doctors and lawyers, some kids can't even graduate grade school without the bar set so low. Do you know why Asian countries are seen as more successful? They have extremely difficult tests to get to the next level. Those who aren't smart enough are weeded out by the system there, the downside is that there is a lot of depression due to failure. Their mentality is similar to ours but to an extreme degree, where if you don't successfully get into a good school, you are a disgrace in society. In the US though, we have the opportunity where what may be seen as a failure in say Japan, the kid here who doesn't pass a difficult test to get into a good high school or college, they can go into trade work. Jobs like farming, construction, welding, truck driving, etc. should be presented as viable and respected jobs that doesn't make you less of a person. And there is a lot more opportunity for that work here in the US due to our size than in a smaller country like Japan.
And you are wrong about no one gives a shit about hedgefund managers. They make movies out of people like that. Wolf of Wall Street, The Big Short, etc. They make it known that if you want to make big bucks, go into Wall Street, you become super rich and wealthy, you live like a king. And there are definitely useless degrees out there that a lot of kids get, then end up not being able to find a well paying job, not being able to pay off their college debt, not being able to give themselves a good living because of all the debt and lack of income. If you don't believe that, then you definitely aren't looking outside. If that kid, instead of getting a paper diploma that does nothing for him, instead was ushered into a trade, he would be making good money being able to support himself and even a family without the crushing student debt.
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