Reply #6: Shouldn't employers focus on this? [View All]

[DaveJ]

Seriously, one major problem is that someone can go to college and get all the skills in the world, but if all they have to go back to is McDonalds and Walmart then getting educated is kind of pointless.

People are not obtuse. Young people aren't. They see a world where a moron can become an international superstar or President, they see college grads getting nowhere, just steeped into debt, and they become fearful that getting an education will be a waste of time. So, I differ from the perspective the "we" have to focus on becoming more skilled. Most of us are not employers. Because becoming more skilled is pointless unless there are jobs available to use those skills. We are not the ones who need to be lectured on this, it's employers who do.

I'm sure that's what the Obama campaign means to say.

The real solution is that employers should offer their employees opportunities to become more educated while at work, and reward them appropriately.