ASU2003

That is something I thought about when I was in school. It wasn't really that bad where I was, we had good teachers who made us question everything and not to trust that the information we learn is always the truth. That there might be a oil company with money behind the oil spill cleanup video for instance. College was more of training session to learn how to think like a engineer. You had to have the facts and pay attention to every detail. But there wasn't any discussions about "We can build this, but should we build this?"

I doubt it would be possible, but I would like to see colleges become more specialized. One college for engineers, one for medical, one just does business, another does liberal arts. Maybe this is a better idea if it was a fall semester thing in High School. Where kids from all over would come together and get specilized training ahead of college to see if what they are interested in is what they want to study.

Having said that, what else would the school system do but produce workers? The large majority of them will work at a job, regardless of what you change.

The other problem is money. There isn't much money in it to be an artist, musicians (marching band?), poets, philosophers or authors. To be a politician you need to have some standing in your community which you get by working and having a message. And any kid in the public school system can work hard and be a doctor or lawyer.

The problem comes where we need fast food workers, cashiers, maids, factory workers, etc. It isn't an easy job, but someone needs to do it, and get paid enough to survive.

edit:I need to use firefox with a spellchecker.