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I suppose there are several definitions of failure... Fundamentally college or schooling is an investment with anticipated return. Depends on what you want your return to be. Getting a degree or skill in something with public demand is not a race to the top, it's called employment.
There is absolutely a way to adjust the educational system to meet market demands. Place an emphasis on math, science. It's a matter of redirecting, the same way we have been doing since the little red single classroom schoolhouses.
I am not saying to eschew core well rounded curriculum, I am saying that we need to expose kids to those fields that will be in demand, which means getting comfortable with math, science engineering, technology. We have to ask ourselves why there are record number of college graduates living at home these days and how that can be avoided.
Simply put it means pursuing those careers for which there is public demand.. Johnny might want to be an archeologist,, but there are no jobs he may have to go to trade school which actually trains you to do something with practical application. Many kids are lazy and simply do not want to put the effort into things, there are no shortage of chinese, vietnamese, indians, koreans that come here for an education that get the picture, and ultimately employment. In Germany the trades are big thing and not looked down on. The US is math weak, and there are record numbers of college graduates that had a wonderful college experience , but are now living at home.
There are no right or wrong choices, just consequences, you may love History just be prepared to have to hone your culinary skills at Mickey D's. The plumber, electrician etc is putting food on the table.