America's Lost Year of Education: A Warning!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

15. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that

during WWII a lot of kids in Great Britain, France, Germany, heck all of Europe missed a lot more than one year of school during that time. And I'm going to a bit further out on that limb and guess that almost all of those kids eventually made up the lost schooling.

It won't be a tragedy if the current generation of school kids takes an extra year or two or even three to finish their educations.

Maybe one good thing that will come from this is that people will FINALLY understand that college for all is not a realistic or sensible goal. Perhaps there will be a robust return to the much maligned vocational education that is so desperately needed. I understand that there has been a growing shortage or things like truck drivers and auto mechanics. Probably a lot of other well-paid blue collar jobs. We need to understand those are necessary and important jobs, and not everyone needs to be a lawyer or MBA of some kind. Yes, those are worthwhile jobs, but there are a lot of other jobs out there that need to be done.