I’m not really surprised. Not sure if it was different for my generation (GenX) in the US, but it wasn’t a given that everyone went to earn a college degree where i grew up/graduated. We had/have what was (I think) equivalent to the old UK polytechnics back then, somewhere in the middle between vocational school and university, and a significant number of high school graduates went to those - more focused on advanced job training (so they would have things like accounting and engineering and and dental assistants and design, but not humanities or social sciences.) I think this idea that “everyone needs a university degree” is overrated, and I almost cringe when I see things like college degree required for an admin assistant role. Really, why, other than a lazy way to screen applicants?
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