Thank you for this article, @calaber24p! Very important and interesting topic.
In my opinion, this theme is wonderful revealed by Robert Kiyosaki in his best-sellers. The modern system of education in the United States and in other countries built by the industrialists of the 20th century. They were just looking for good workers for their factories. However, the world has changed. The labour market has become global. Even if you got a good academic education, you're competing for a job with the whole world.
Moreover, the technologies have changed. And the industry has gone by the wayside, replaced by IT companies. People are now replaced by robots. But the modern education system no longer meets the requirements of the time. Children are still preparing to live in an industrial society. Thus the education system should be reformed as soon as possible. Otherwise the middle class will disappear in a few years.
Yeah I completely agree. Maybe ill make a post about it in the future, but I feel like the US school system is setup to spit out complacent workers like the Army is setup to spit out soldiers who don't question orders. We definitely need to think out strategies on how to remedy this problem. The US has always stayed competitive economically because of our contributions to technology and if that goes away so will our economic power.