Those who do know history sometimes keep doing bad things until they succeed. But we aren't fighting WWI or WWII now. The Civil War, however, is another matter.
While I believe education is very, very necessary, that does not imply that college should be a requirement. The problem is, that seems to be the way it works now. There is little structure to provide alternative useful forms of education. There is some, to be sure, and here in Fairfax County, high school students studying construction actually work on houses. So-called adult education is also well-organized here, too, because a lot of ordinary trade-type jobs are in fields that are actually fairly technical and covered by a lot of building codes.
I don't think it's that easy to get into college, either.
While I believe education is very, very necessary, that does not imply that college should be a requirement. The problem is, that seems to be the way it works now. There is little structure to provide alternative useful forms of education. There is some, to be sure, and here in Fairfax County, high school students studying construction actually work on houses. So-called adult education is also well-organized here, too, because a lot of ordinary trade-type jobs are in fields that are actually fairly technical and covered by a lot of building codes.
I don't think it's that easy to get into college, either.