This morning, a colleague of mine who basically hails from Peru told me how most of the educated people in the states are; “foreigners”. In US it isn’t like in India; whether you are interested or not, you got to go to college or PG for that matter. To think of it, there are so many reasons why American society didn’t care for higher or education for that matter. Going back like 15 years or so, you could easily find a good hourly job after high school in a manufacturing facility or any local Government office which would help you make your ends meet. Insurance, gas, food was cheap & people didn’t always plan for retirement as they knew they could bank on their social security benefits. If people were talented, they worked their way up & got promotions. So today, I have some of these old school bosses who are at a higher position because of the years of experience they had. Families were bigger & with 4 or 5 siblings around, parents didn’t push kids to get college education if they were not getting scholarships. In any case, one could live a comfortable life without college education.
Well, this trend seems to be changing now. Now with the economic globalization, growing competition, sinking automotive market (which was a primary employer for most high school grads) & ever soaring cost of living, it has become absolutely impossible to make your ends meet without having college education which helps one make more money. Social security benefits all of a sudden seem to be finite & by the time our generation is ready to retire we may not get any SS check at all. This economic crisis is leading to some positive social changes though. In Indian society how educated you or your kids are linked to your social status, within no time we are going to witness this social change in US as well. So if Pink Floyd were to go back in time, they would never write “we don’t need no education”.
Well, this trend seems to be changing now. Now with the economic globalization, growing competition, sinking automotive market (which was a primary employer for most high school grads) & ever soaring cost of living, it has become absolutely impossible to make your ends meet without having college education which helps one make more money. Social security benefits all of a sudden seem to be finite & by the time our generation is ready to retire we may not get any SS check at all. This economic crisis is leading to some positive social changes though. In Indian society how educated you or your kids are linked to your social status, within no time we are going to witness this social change in US as well. So if Pink Floyd were to go back in time, they would never write “we don’t need no education”.
