If we dont alter our school systems to equip following generations with necessary skills like information technology and finance, we are not only doing them a disservice, but threaten our own economic growth and expansion.
All this is good and dandy, but what good are such suppositions if there are no jobs available to tap with that brass in pocket? It's kind of shortsighted to accuse the masses of "irresponsible borrowing" at this point in time when they are dealing with the loss of their jobs and homes en masse. Student prospects are little better.
A foot up or even degree in finance means little when you're standing in an unemployment line.
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