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While that may be true, you are not comparing like people. I'm sure anyone here, even if they dropped out of high school, can make $1M+ more in their career tha
by randomdata 3y ago
While that may be true, you are not comparing like people. I'm sure anyone here, even if they dropped out of high school, can make $1M+ more in their career than someone with a crippling mental disability. The latter of which being much less likely to be college gradates, making any comparisons meaningless.
If what you are trying to say is that college filters out those who are not well suited to high level careers, there is no doubt truth to that, but that is not the same as a premium. It is not like college can cure someone's disability. The same person sees no change, statistically.
- paulpauper 3y agoLet us assume someone has a choice of job right out of high school or college. The first earns more money initially but college wins out. Also, the high school grad has a much higher unemployment rate, which somewhat negates this head start.
- randomdata 3y agoYes, the down syndrome kids may find a job, but for same reason they struggled to go far in school, they will also struggle to go far in the workplace. This isn't surprising. But it is faulty to think that going to college will cure what ails them. Statistically, most people who are capable of graduating from college do. Everyone capable of graduating from high school does. Those who fall short, so to speak, were held back due to limitations of themselves. The same limitations that hold them back throughout life. As before, incomes have held stagnant. There is no premium. If you're born a top performer, it doesn't really matter what exactly you do – the numbers show that you have always been a top earner. College didn't change that. If you're born with down syndrome, it again doesn't matter what you do – the numbers show that you have always been a bottom earner.