Ted Rall for August 01, 2011
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Millions of jobs are unfilled because the millions of unemployed don't have the requested skills. Man: Quintile polydactyl, huh? That won't do. This position requires someone with 7 weebed talons. Woman: ASk her if she has a P.S.M. degree in Parthian economics.
Everyone should get a “Liberal Arts” degree for an Associates Degree, or even a Bachelor’s Degree to broaden his or her thinking and be able to think and learn how to think. Thinking is the most laser-like concentration of “working the mind” in problem-solving and social-skills adaptation—“learning to get along with others” and ‘walking a mile in another person’s moccasins", but for jobs-promotion and skills specialization, a more specialized other degrees are necessary like Master’s and Doctor’s degrees to show proficiency and management skills; also, another foreign language shows broadening of one’s mind to encomass less self-centeredness.