re: Math and reading scores for 13-year-olds in the U.S. have hit the lowest levels in decades

I graduated about ten years ago and heard plenty of teachers talk about how college isn’t for everyone and lots of kids agreed. We were constantly told stories about people with multiple degrees being unemployed.

I think the “go to college or you’ll be a broke loser” trope that’s always repeated was more of a 90s/2000s thing.