What if they're not smart enough? | Dallas Morning News | Rod Dreher

What if they're not smart enough? | Dallas Morning News | Rod Dreher

"Globalizers of the left and right keep saying that American workers have to be re-educated and retrained to compete in a world market in which manufacturing jobs move overseas. But what happens to workers who lack the cognitive abilities to do the higher-level 'knowledge' work the new economy requires of them?" And see a response to the column from a business consultant who works in the construction industry: "[Industry leaders] found one of the problems is that high school counselors keep encouraging kids to go to college" -- thus misdirecting young people who would thrive in hands-on work but won't succeed in college.