Originally Posted by indigo
Originally Posted by philly103
for many students graduating from American high schools they are not workforce ready...nor are they college ready...nor are they adequately prepared for a variety of life skills, such as basic financial literacy.

So whether they're looking for job, headed to college or simply going to just "live", they're not adequately prepared across the board.

Workforce readiness takes on more significance at the college level since part of the assumptions that many college bound kids make is that their educations will prepare them to step into jobs that pay back the cost of that education.
Some may say that this not the purview of the government school system, but rather teaching which has historically taken place in families, and may best still take place in the family.

However this begins to drift away from the price of college tuition, possibly veering off topic.


I would say that those people are mistaken since traditionally public school included a decent dose of character building, along with music and art before budget elements gutted most public school systems. These seem to be the purview primarily of private or religious schools these days.

But To bring it back to the price of college tuition - my original point remains which is that we're capable of largely funding public universities and that we should consider college education as a necessary extension of the public education system (for those capable of meeting the entrance requirements).