tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520648103477254562.post8103003359465378681..comments2023-05-03T01:47:25.836-07:00Comments on An Entrepreneur's Musings: School board member took state high school exams...Shuba Swaminathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16378003227582807568noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520648103477254562.post-40203227733044155692011-12-13T11:10:39.395-08:002011-12-13T11:10:39.395-08:00That goes to my point that it's better to be o...That goes to my point that it's better to be over-educated than under... I imagine even the highly skilled blue collar jobs you refer to would prefer someone who's a high school graduate. <br /><br />Or, are you saying that even completing high school counts towards the opportunity cost of education? <br /><br />I am opposed to artificially enforced sorting of any kind. Let school education till high school be a solid platform that offers equal opportunities to launch someone in whichever direction they choose. Let the platform set the baseline at a high enough level so that even if the safety net breaks, people don't fall too far. Let everyone have a minimum education that will allow them to retrain and change directions if that's what it takes to get back on their feet.<br /><br />If standards are dumbed down, I fear the retraining will be near impossible for well paying professions of the future.Shuba Swaminathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16378003227582807568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2520648103477254562.post-91076694170476655372011-12-13T10:27:27.789-08:002011-12-13T10:27:27.789-08:00There is an opportunity cost to any education. You...There is an opportunity cost to any education. You can make very good money in high skilled vocations that are less likely to be outsourced than a lot of white collar office work. You also get into the work force earlier, driving up your lifetime earning potential. The US is currently undergoing a bad and worsening shortage in these high skill blue collar positions. <br /><br />How do we cure that shortage without starting to slot ambitious kids into the apprenticeships that yield those $75k blue collar jobs? I don't think you can.TMLutashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12033938954514865135noreply@blogger.com