Sorry, haven't ranted in a while so..., sorry! Looking at this article makes me wonder what we as a people "must" do any more to be considered "qualified" to do our jobs? Each yr it seems someone, somewhere wants more, more, more! What happened to the days where your qualifications came not from a test, not from another "extortionary" fee giving you a "permit" or paying for a lic., allowing the state to hold the complete key to your ability to make a living, but from on the job compentancy?
I suppose I'm old fashioned! Maybe, a little eccentric, but come one? How many more fees, how many more "college hrs" must one "pay to continue to be qualified, efficient, or hell for that matter good" at what we do? I'm a nurse by trade and have known many many LVN'S FAR BETTER AND FAR MORE QUALIFIED THAN THOSE WITH BSN OR MSN'S. I've also worked beside many BSN'S AND MSN's, who for only a few dollers more a pay period, are far too qualified for what their salaries offer. Today it's hard to find any profession which offers an opportunity for employment for lesss than a bachelor's if not a master's.
Now, while college tuition increases, taxes increase, salaries decrease, our public education fails, and the millitary or law enforcement are our largest employers; WE THE PEOPLE'S STUDENT LOAN DEBT SKY ROCKETS (many times adding up what equals to a close second to a home loan payment each month) burdening families making life harder to bear! Our society is more focused on continuing our "formal" education, forcing young adults with growing families to be torn between work, study, and children, during a time our focus should be upon just that, our children's education. Our childrens lives!
Yes, we need education! Ask my children! I did just the same. I worked, raised kids, went to school, played soccer mom...and at one point home school my own too! I pushed education and still do, but, must it only be measured by acedemia alone? What happened to self taught or apprenticeships? What happened to being parents? While we ask the many questions like, Why gangs, inner city violence? What will the state do to fix it? We should be asking, how many trained monkey's could do my job or what about getting a voice and demand, this stop! Demand the right to resasonable educational requirements! Demand the right to perform at a job, get pd for your skill and ability vs how many plaques hang on the wall! Demand the right, no take back, the privilege to be a parent during the time our kids need us most!
UNTIL WE STAND FOR "WE THE PEOPLE AGAIN" HERE AND STOP THE BS, IT WILL ONLY WORSEN! And, while somebody else raises your child, you dig deeper into debt, the state controls your life, dictates your responabilities, politicians and colleges alike profit. That's the bottom line! Like it or not.
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