I'm really not a fan of this article in the NY Times.
It says that not everyone should go to college.
My fear is, that this will spiral into, don't send kids from the barrios or the pj's to college. Have them go to trade school instead. Keep them in the same economic class they were born into, because we live in a meritocracy.
Economists, you have to think about what message you are sending to all economic classes when you say that, "Hey guys, why go to college when you could, you know, become a store clerk?" (yes, clerks were mentioned in the article).
The fact of the matter is that people who go to college make more money than people who don't. And in this meritocracy, we need to focus my kiddos on going to college so they can get out of the culture of poverty.
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