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Does Money Care? SWARFBLOG By Lloyd Graff

We all know of many successful people who have not gone to college and many more who did not graduate. Being successful without college education does take a lot of initiative. Working yourselves up the ladder has become even more difficult recently. HR executives depend now on computer generated programs based on algorithms and AI to review applications. My application would be rejected as I do not meet the established criteria! We still grade our local schools based on the percentage of students railroaded into college while disregarding our college dropout rate of 40%. Only half of our states offer STEM curriculum and/or robotics programs. Learning a trade is very difficult as good trade schools have a waiting list and very few firms employ apprentices.

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