TO THE EDITOR:
I agree 100 percent that critical thinking and communication skills gained through a liberal arts education are, as one said, invaluable. These are skills that are desirable to most jobs.
But the fact of the matter is that the United States has long been promoting this “college for everyone” notion, and what it has ultimately done is supersaturated the U.S. workforce with “overqualified,” if you will, job seekers.
The sad fact of the matter is that America has created this false, ugly mindset that everyone needs a college degree and that technical degrees are inferior.
What we need is to find a middle ground between promoting vocational educations and the “college for everyone” movement that is occurring today.
I remember a friend asking me, “Do you want your car mechanic to be able to quote Shakespeare?” No, I want my mechanic to know how to fix my brake line.
Kyle Stevens ’13
Chemistry, mathematics
