[lbo-talk] U.S. working class: functionally literate

[Michael Dawson]

If we were to list the Top Ten Myths About Life In America, wouldn't this
whole "educational attainment ---> employment patterns" be one of them?  The
truth is "employment patterns ---> educational provision," right?  25% of
U.S. jobs require something like what a decent society would consider a
basic high school level of literacy and critical thinking.  Ergo, lo and
behold!, roughly that percentage of the population possesses that package or
better.