..."Go to school! Learn new skills, you lazy asses!"
...then who would replace them to work in the service industry? How could those industries survive if so many of the workers make minimum wage?
Keep in mind we are including state minimum wages here - not just the federal one. Right now anyone making a state minimum wage is living in poverty. Working up to 40 hours a week Is not enough for these people to live financially stable lives.
42% of American workers make less than $15 per hour. What is your solution to helping these people out of poverty?
You people are full of bitching but you have no real solutions.
I hear of thousands of young people getting degrees, some borrowing money to do so, in fields historically requiring no degree. As a society we should question the sanity of insisting on a college degree in fields that can be learned OTJ. in doing so, those who work hard and learn their craft will have upward mobility. Mind you, the university system will not go along with that notion. How is a 4 year degree better than hands on experience for an interior designer, fashion designer, elemtary schoolteacher, nurse....the list goes on.
In the 1800's you could become a practicing attorney without getting a 4 year degree. Now it is mandatory.
Educational Requirements for a Lawyer
Let's take an in-depth look at the educational requirements for lawyers. Aspiring lawyers must complete law school. Applying to
law school requires graduating from a bachelor's degree program and, in nearly all cases, taking the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Applicants wanting to specialize in a particular field of law may consider an undergraduate degree in that field. For example, students who want to become tax attorneys might study accounting, while those interested in environmental law may consider majoring in environmental science.
During the colonial period, an apprenticeship or clerkship was essential for being admitted to the bar.15 Those wanting to become lawyers in the colonial period sought out an established lawyer, paid a fee, and got practical experience working at the lawyer’s office as well as more academic learning by receiving instruction from the lawyer.16 The quality of the clerkship varied; as Friedman has noted, “At worst, an apprentice toiled away at drudgery and copywork, with a few glances . . . at the law books . . . [but] others . . . found the clerkship a valuable experience.”17
It was not unusual for colonial men to attend college.18 While they might hear occasional law lectures as part of the gen- eral curriculum, these “were not meant to train lawyers at all . . . they were lectures on law for the general education of stu- dents.”19 Although there were no law schools within the colo- nies, “a competent, professional bar, dominated by brilliant and successful lawyers . . . existed in all major communities by 1750.”20 Each colony set its own standards for entering the bar.21