| It's all about job competition. On average, those with the best education/training/qualifications will get the best jobs. One or two generations ago a high school diploma was all it took to get a decent job, but that's no longer sufficient. A college degree used to guarantee a decent job, and that's no longer true, either. The rest of the world has been catching up while we neglected education. The government's suppression of science and K-12 science education for the past few years hasn't helped our situation. |