If the fact we're voracious in job hunting, aiming for an amazing job, and refusing to give up, then yes, that is the American way. Smh. Our education system is amazing and though were in a recession and top-paying jobs are hard to come by (since so many qualified applicants are applying) doesn't mean it's crap.

Our education system is awful. It's all focused on testing and doesn't actually teach students basic problem solving and critical thinking. They force a bunch of unnecessary information onto students, make them study for hours memorizing, then they regurgitate it onto a test and move on to the next lesson. So much of the stuff we spend learning in high school is useless, and most people don't even remember much of it.

^- the high school education system may not be great but I was talking about university. As for high school, it is a pathway to higher education, not career training. The typical high school is not a career school, which is why some of the information is useless. Just like prerequisites in college, high school gives the basic knowledge to build upon. If it's not used and built upon, then of course it's going to become useless and forgotten. Just because we don't use every single thing we were taught doesn't mean we don't subconsciously use it daily. I may not use algebra everyday but I can calculate my bills and know if I'll be able to pay them or not. Or when I rearranged my furniture and used my tape measurer, that some aspect of trigonometry didn't come into play. This comment is using English and computer skills. Pay close attention to everything you do daily, and had grade school not given you some of things it had, would you still be as advanced as you are now? . . . Our grade school education is behind in comparison to more advanced countries, but I don't believe it is completely useless and crap.

Don't kid yourself MrsPegg our education system is severely lacking and spends an alarming amount of resources on sports. Schools are forced to market athletics to try and compensate for the loss in funding. It's a dangerous game and in the end we all loose. Schools used to train people in technical skills but even in those fields the testing requirements and academic over watch have ruined our system's ability to train somebody to be a technician in anything. The system is broken and the results speak for themselves. Companies are even scared to hire college graduates now and are holding out for people with masters degrees because they don't trust someone with a simple BA to be capable, and to be honest I don't blame them.

As an American college graduate, America's education system is a ******* joke. High school is based solely on testing and sports, college is based on income and sports.

Yes, our education system is flawed and convoluted, but I still believe it isn't *totally* useless. You make it seem like we have the worst education system in the world... Maybe my experience was better than others and I can admit I view it differently. If you disagree you're entitled to that, I am simply sharing my point of view. Point me to some research; I'll gladly educate myself on the topic of our horrific education system.

You have to put in some effort to get something out of school. In HS, you had the option of taking AP/Dual/IB classes that related to what you wanted to do in higher education. Now, did you take those opportunities? Maybe if you bitches didn't think about partying all the time, you might have gotten something out of your education. Ok, you didn't do well in HS for the reasons stated above and you went to a sub par university. Of course you're going to be salty as **** when you can hardly find a job anywhere. If not that, your GPA was probably lacking. You get what you put in. You can't go to college, scrape by with Cs and expect to have jobs wrapped around your fingertips. Damn entitlement these days.

106 I took and passed 3 AP courses finished with a 4.2 GPA in HS and graduated with Honors in college while involving myself in various academic extracurricular activities. I would say I made the most of it. Do you still assume I didn't work hard for my education? That being said you pointed out a very important problem. Our education system does not really encourage critical thinkers and is contributing to the very problem you seem so upset about. Kids are constantly encouraged to memorize facts and do well on tests rather than really use information.

MrsPegg go to the NCES website and let the results speak for themselves.

I put in 60 applications after I graduated college. Just looking for work anywhere. I got one callback.

I have been applying to every job that I am physically capable of doing. News flash there are tons of people with waaaay more experience also looking for work. And hiring is going to pick up soon with the holidays coming up.