It wasn’t that long ago when where you banked reflected your social and financial position. The bank’s name or crest on your check conferred a certain status. White collar workers banked with institutions with the word private or trust in their name; those banks had grand pillars outside and vast marble lobbies inside. Blue collar workers gravitated to credit unions…
Jason Siko, writing about public education in The Futurist magazine, predicts that as students progress, they will be “allowed to specialize earlier and earlier (much like athletics today)—so much so that no one has a generalized diploma, only certificates of competencies in skills that the workforce demands.” What?! Do I want my grandchildren to get an education dedicated exclusively to…