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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
This is precisely my view. I don't understand the public policy underlying this. It seems like just rank idealism with no practical rationale.
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It's not policy, it's just the market being slowly flooded with kids with degrees, if your an employer you have a choice so you tend to pick the better qualified kid whether you really need it or not. After a while that just becomes the requirement.
I'm in my mid fifties, when I left school grade ten was all you needed for most blue collar gigs, (O levels in the UK). As more and more kids went on to get their grade twelve that became the basic requirement, now that so many B.A's are knocking around that is gradually becoming the standard.
The actual requirement for the jobs hasnt changed, can you read and write, do basic math and turn up at 8am moderately presentable. The rest you learn on the job just the same as you did fifty years ago.