Consider a couple of things. First, much of America's education system is outputting students far behind other countries. According to World Population Review, U.S. ranks 18th when it comes to math/science test scores for high school graduates. So, top performing students from the 17 higher scoring countries are competing for spots at top colleges worldwide. Many of those institutions aren't as concerned with DEI among their student body so that makes for more intense competition. Ultimately, the smartest students will find their way to the most demanding jobs in medicine, technology, engineering, physics, etc. It is those people who are well trained, well educated that I'm talking about. These people should be able to come to the U.S. if they are equal or better than our best and brightest to fill these demanding jobs.
Secondly, with advances in science, engineering, etc occurring faster and faster, there is a deficit of well prepared, domestically educated people to fill these positions. I would argue much of that is because our educational systems in this country have been focused on liberal ideas that the rest of the world cares little about. Harvard is no longer the caliber it once was. This is true of most if not all the Ivy League schools. It would take at least one or possibly two generations to get our education systems back on track. Meanwhile, who will fill the most demanding positions?
Also consider this. Have you ever been to a doctors office and saw their diploma on the wall? Where on that diploma is their class rank? Obviously, it's not there. It used to be if you graduated from a name college, you have prestige of it's name that carries you forward. Not anymore. The liberal Marxist ideologies espoused at these famous U.S. colleges have degraded the quality of output among the graduates. Those students might be "smart" but at what?
So yes, the problem is education first and then training later. I've made this comparison before. Imagine you photocopy a document on a poorly maintained, second rate copier. That's the second generation. Then copy that second generation on the same machine again. Imagine the problem when applied to training at a post graduate level. That's why American education has been in decline for generations. The A students went to professional schools. The B students to managerial schools. The C students went to teaching schools. Those C students are the average HS teachers today. Tomorrow it will be the D students teaching in public schools. How well prepared will the average HS student be for the rigors of high end training if it can even be found in the U.S.?
This is why it's vital for America to bring in talent if they can't find enough of it here. That is, of course, if they want to stay in the lead in science and technology. Go to any major science and technology university in the U.S. Watch the student body as it moves about. You will be surprised at the numbers of Asians and Indians you see. In many cases they outnumber Americans. That's for the reasons above. I wish that were not the case but it's true. Unless we get our educational priorities straight with what they're teaching, we're destined to fail. It's not a money problem because US high school teachers are among the highest paid in the world. It's the leftist culture pushing wokeness instead of math and science that's the problem. It's more interest in Gender Studies than interest in physics.
One final point. I foresee a time where companies like Tesla will form their own schools to teach students what they need to know to work there because they can't rely on the outside schools anymore. Is it any wonder that Tesla is working to produce highly intelligent robots that can to taught to do necessary things today?
Consider a couple of things. First, much of America's education system is outputting students far behind other countries. According to World Population Review, U.S. ranks 18th when it comes to math/science test scores for high school graduates. So, top performing students from the 17 higher scoring countries are competing for spots at top colleges worldwide. Many of those institutions aren't as concerned with DEI among their student body so that makes for more intense competition. Ultimately, the smartest students will find their way to the most demanding jobs in medicine, technology, engineering, physics, etc. It is those people who are well trained, well educated that I'm talking about. These people should be able to come to the U.S. if they are equal or better than our best and brightest to fill these demanding jobs.
Secondly, with advances in science, engineering, etc occurring faster and faster, there is a deficit of well prepared, domestically educated people to fill these positions. I would argue much of that is because our educational systems in this country have been focused on liberal ideas that the rest of the world cares little about. Harvard is no longer the caliber it once was. This is true of most if not all the Ivy League schools. It would take at least one or possibly two generations to get our education systems back on track. Meanwhile, who will fill the most demanding positions?
Also consider this. Have you ever been to a doctors office and saw their diploma on the wall? Where on that diploma is their class rank? Obviously, it's not there. It used to be if you graduated from a name college, you have prestige of it's name that carries you forward. Not anymore. The liberal Marxist ideologies espoused at these famous U.S. colleges have degraded the quality of output among the graduates. Those students might be "smart" but at what?
So yes, the problem is education first and then training later. I've made this comparison before. Imagine you photocopy a document on a poorly maintained, second rate copier. That's the second generation. Then copy that second generation on the same machine again. Imagine the problem when applied to training at a post graduate level. That's why American education has been in decline for generations. The A students went to professional schools. The B students to managerial schools. The C students went to teaching schools. Those C students are the average HS teachers today. Tomorrow it will be the D students teaching in public schools. How well prepared will the average HS student be for the rigors of high end training if it can be found in the U.S.
This is why it's vital for America to bring in talent if they can't find enough of it here. That is, of course, if they want to stay in the lead in science and technology. Go to any major science and technology university in the U.S. Watch the student body as it moves about. You will be surprised at the numbers of Asians and Indians you see. In many cases they outnumber Americans. That's for the reasons above. I wish that were not the case but it's true. Unless we get our educational priorities straight with what they're teaching, we're destined to fail. It's not a money problem because US high school teachers are among the highest paid in the world. It's the leftist culture pushing wokeness instead of math and science that's the problem. It's more interest in Gender Studies than interest in physics.