On life...the impact of millenials

Yahoo strikes again

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/millennials-could-damage-u-economy-100000115.html

So here are some take aways from the article: 

1) our education system is broke... My opinion is we went away from the tried and true methods due to a bunch of "hippy nonsense." Every incoming administration comes in and tries to change everything radically. That's making the problem worse.  

2) a vast majority don't have the basic skills to work in a job handling money (remuneration in this case I took as counting back change). So no more cashiers? 

3) the lack of a work ethic comes from the home. 

All told this was a disturbing article.  Very shocking to me but I look at what I've seen in retail and it is not all that crazy. We had a major retailer in our town trying to hire for a major renovation. One of their managers told me they had hundreds fail the drug testing phase. That correlates strongly with the article's warning on addictions.  

Heres my two cents--- we need to focus on basics that worked for decades in the U.S.  We need to focus on training people to work without breaking their bank doing so. Not everyone is suited for a higher degree. Therefore high school should prepare people to handle these basics. Saying more education is needed would actually compound the problem. We need to focus on making the education that is in place better.  And also, we have to realize that it starts in the home.  

Want another chilling article that's indicative of the "hippy nonsense?" Check out

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/new-family-values/6437058 

Just insane.... 

As for me, we'll keep reading to our kids in our home, including Bible stories.