Teenager repeats #Blacklivesmatter 100 times on Stanford application and is accepted

[Lissa]

It does seem as if people are pressured into college, regardless of it working for them or not. A lot of propaganda in that sense? Both left and right.

That's because now a lot of companies require you to have a minimum of a bachelors degree. Doesn't matter if the degree is in what you're doing or not. I saw this first hand at Verizon after they changed their requirements (in 2013/14). We had a number of openings and we also had some very good candidates, but HR would not hire said candidates because they didn't have a bachelors degree. So when companies are viewing a college degree that much, it becomes mandatory that you get one or get stuck in low paying job in the US.

[kandrathe]

It does seem as if people are pressured into college, regardless of it working for them or not. A lot of propaganda in that sense? Both left and right.

That's because now a lot of companies require you to have a minimum of a bachelors degree. Doesn't matter if the degree is in what you're doing or not. I saw this first hand at Verizon after they changed their requirements (in 2013/14). We had a number of openings and we also had some very good candidates, but HR would not hire said candidates because they didn't have a bachelors degree. So when companies are viewing a college degree that much, it becomes mandatory that you get one or get stuck in low paying job in the US.

Propaganda. In the US we have strayed from the ideals of an educated populace.

I'd say we should make K-12 into k-10. 11-13 should be optional general college education, then a person can choose bachelor degree or trades school.

But all in all the cost of education should be free. It could be reimbursed by the ones who will hire you. They're the ones who benefit from specialization.