From what I have seen neither the educrats or media actually know hands on workers.
Just as almost none know military folks , with the draft gone.
What is promoted is what is understood , they went to kollege , therefore to be a success you must too.
Once again you see the need to invent words and do name calling. If being an educrat is how you label us then fine. However, claiming we know nothing about hands on workers is total BS. I know my success has depended on them and I have always made effort to understand the challenges they face and to show them respect.
I know many who don't even finish high school beat the odds and become huge earners and very wealthy. However, let's keep it all in perspective and be honest as well. Here are the numbers as of 2017.
Median Weekly Earnings
Less than high school diploma $515
High School graduate, no college $718
Some college or associate degree $799
Bachelor's degree only $1189
Advanced degree $1451
As to military, I know we live in denial as to the young people we send to war. Denial as to it's impact on them and their families and the lifetime impact. Denial as to how little we do to really help them upon their return. Denial as to the rate of suicides. Denial as to how many need mental health treatment and how few receive quality help. Denial as to all the young people who will never be the same as they were, who will never have the lives they might have due to both physical and mental pain they live with. Denial as to even the education scams taking advantage of the returning military, collecting all the GI bill funds and not providing true job skills.
I know that we have way too many politicians who measure the economy only by the stock market and have no understanding whatsoever of the true poor people in this country and we have too many who measure patriotism by whether a football player kneels or stands or by parades and neglects taking care of the men and women who serve in our military. I also am careful to say it's not all politicians, just some.
I know there are great success stories of those without college or even without trade schools who excel but for every one who does, far more do not. I also know there are those who return from military service to live a successful, happy life, but that we do way to little for all the others.
I also know that mocking the value of education is just wrong.