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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1145120, member: 15199&quot;]That is true for the great majority. Much is due to the allotment of government grants and aid. Today it is quite different than in the 60&#039;S when the &quot;Sputnik&quot; gap led to great infusion into the sciences and math areas of education. Rather funding shifted towards trying to close society&#039;s gaps and produced an overabundance of college graduates with somewhat ill needed degree areas that depended on government employment or dependency. True at the time, it was probably needed as much as the science and math initiatives, but it produced an imbalance in areas of study, IMO. It seems it was found that by steering students , even extremely able and bright ones, into these areas&nbsp; rather than&nbsp; science, math,finance, etc. , the governments ( state and federal) didn&#039;t have to work so hard to develop the necessary study ethics and repetitions needed and to pay for the teachers experienced in those areas. Even today, in High and prep schools, there is usually no salary difference for vocational or ESL teachers and science, math, or business teachers. So the standards of excellence for high schools and community colleges appear to be dropping constantly, as students are the &quot;buyers&quot; in that market. If they drop out or take less units in college, the school loses money, so the students are driven towards &quot;employee jobs&quot; rather than &quot;employer</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">jobs&quot; if any. Look at your local paper. How much space is given to student athletes and athletic events? How many will go on to earn a living at it? Now look at how much space is given to pure academics in the paper <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> . To quote Pogo,<i>&quot;</i><b><i>Yep Son, WE HAVE MET</i> THE ENEMY AND HE IS US. </b>Imo.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Jim</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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