[sbrpollock]

I didn’t make these anecdotes up, these types of things happened on a daily basis.

I firmly believe that these failings (and yes, they are failings) can’t be blamed on ANY educators, not College, High School, or Grade School.

When that kid said “the thing with the corners on it” in reference to a nut, the first thing I thought “Where was this kids father?”! You mean to tell me this kid never had to adjust the seat or handlebars on a bicycle when he was little? Or did someone just do these things for him and wait on him hand and foot? I really don’t get it!

How about the kids that didn’t know what social security was? What kind of conversations could possibly have been taking place in those homes for the 18 years these kids were growing up? Nobody ever talked about these things in front of these kids? I know a lot of adults don’t want to discuss things like politics, religion, etc. when they socialize. They treat it as some sort of “taboo”. But do they not realize that if no one ever discusses these things, no one ever learns anything about them? I don't get this either.

Those “Common Sense” failings of today’s young professionals are NOT the result of weakness in the education system.