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Speaking of janitors, I was looking at jobs at one of the library systems in my home area and the janitor makes more money than the people required to have a college degree. $3,000-4,000 more. I was somewhat shocked; I say somewhat because I think sometimes companies pay more for dirty jobs because it can be hard to find someone who can do a good job.
Taking a isolated example and applying it witha broa brush is a bad idea.
When people talk about the professions, I think they mean the "classical" definition of professions. Here is an article of explanation: Profession. I know it's a wikipedia article, but this is what I learned what a profession was and the distinctions from other jobs.
I went to an all-male Catholic high school, and the faculty made sure to explain that being clergy was considered one of the original professions.
Has anybody mentioned the entrance requirements of different universities? In California, you need to take the SAT and two SAT subject tests to even qualify for a crappy University of California campus in Merced. This goes beyond standard high school course requirements. 10 years ago, you used to have to take three SAT subject tests. GPAs above 3.0 are practically required too.
If you want to qualify for the California State University system, you only need to take the SAT and have at least a 2.0.
If you transfer from a community college to university, you don't need to ever take the SAT. All you need to do is get good grades for two years at the local CC.
Employers will look at someone from CSU-Chico differently than from UC-Berkeley, even given that each person got a technical major (science, engineering, economics).
A lot of this seems like a combination of supply and demand and sour grapes. As long as the labor market favors employers they can do as they like and a college degree tends to suggest a level of being able to work independently and is perceived as a good indicator of certain desirable skills.
Does anyone else see what a favor this is to teachers unions and the politicians they run?
Considering the OP's article comes out of Georgia where teachers unions are illegal I would tend to doubt that teachers unions are the problem
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