>There will always be a distribution of skills and it is not for the well educated to say "you just need to be like us". This is akin to saying, "It's not for

>There will always be a distribution of skills and it is not for the well educated to say "you just need to be like us". This is akin to saying, "It's not for the doctor to tell you how to live your life." True enough; but you ignore their advice at your own peril. That an education is a path to economic stability and mobility is not a matter of opinion. To write this off as snobbery is shooting the messenger. There will always be a distribution of skills. And that distribution of skills required by the market needs to match the education of the populace. "Smart" is a superlative; "educated in a particular field" is merely an attribute. Manufacturing is not coming back. We need to move on, and soon.