[Bail_Khan]

IQ tests aren't everything. How you perform in the real world is the true test of entelligence. If you work as a garbage man you are not very smart.
I had a math tutor once, he was a whiz at math. He decided to move to give up college and move halfway across the country for a woman he knew for about 3 weeks. When I asked him about it he said they had good "vibes" and that I just wouldn't understand. He was better at math than I'll probably ever be, but I have to say he wasn't the smartest person.

[Luvvarkansas]

Not "judging" anyone....just saying that some people are not cut out to go to college or even finish high school, and throwing money at the educational system for more "programs" (usually made up by people who have never even taught in the classroom or haven't in so long that they've forgotten it) to try to get those people to do well in school or even stay in it is NOT going to solve that. And for those people, there are jobs that the vast majority of people who have the smarts or ambition to get an education are not going to do, especially straight out of college. Places for everyone.

[strumpeace]

The old 'college ain't for everyone' line.

Well, perhaps it's not. BUT we need to be careful that WE don't decide that FOR people before giving them a chance to decide for themselves what career path to take. If we start making those decisions FOR other people, we end up with misbalanced school funding, inferior schools, low graduation rates, etc. (sounds a little like Arkansas right now, eh?) because we've already decided what this person or that person CAN or CAN'T be. That's not our place.

I get a bad feeling every time I run across the 'college ain't for everyone' line.