>>IN A WEEK THAT'S LARGELY
FOCUSED ON STUDENTS, A NEW
SURVEY FINDS THIS, MANY COLLEGE
STUDENTS THINK THEY ARE READY
FOR THE WORKFORCE BUT MOST
EMPLOYERS DISAGREE, ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR
PROFESSIONALISM AND WORK ETHIC.
SURVEY FOUND SIMILAR RESULTS
WHEN THEY ASKED ABOUT
COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
JOINING ME NOW FROM THE
TELEVISION SHOW "PAWN STARS"
RICK HARRISON.
THANKS FOR STOPPING IN.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THOSE
RESULTS?
KIDS ARE COMING OUT AND BEING
TOLD THEY'RE READY FOR
EVERYTHING AND THE EMPLOYERS SAY
THERE'S SOME KIND OF GAP THERE.
>> OH, YES.
EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT -- IT
SEEMS LIKE THEIR LIFE REVOLVES
AROUND SNAPCHAT AND INSTAGRAM
AND -- WHICH I REFER TO AS THE
WORLD'S GREATEST PARTICIPATION
TROPHY.
>> THEY'VE GOT THE DIGITAL
SKILLS DOWN BUT MAYBE NOT THE
WRITING, COMMUNICATION,
PROFESSIONALISM.
>> COLLEGE SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALL
BASED AROUND SELF-ESTEEM AND NOT
THE REAL WORLD.
KIDS ARE COMING OUT OF HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE WITH
ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO WORK IN THE WORLD.
THEY COME OUT OF COLLEGE NOT
EVEN KNOWING WHAT A CORPORATION
IS.
ALL THEY KNOW IS A CORPORATION
IS EVIL.
>> AND THEY DO. AND CAPITALISM
IS EVIL AS WELL.
>> WELL, WITHOUT A CORPORATION,
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT PHONE,
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A CAR, NO ONE
WOULD BE DRIVING, AND A HOUSE.
AND IT'S REALLY SCARY.
AND THAT'S ONE THING I'M TRYING
TO WORK ON.
KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD LEARN
HOW TO BALANCE A CHECKBOOK.
>> I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE
THOSE ANYMORE.
THEY CAN DO IT ONLINE.
>> THEY CAN DO IT ONLINE.
MAYBE FILL OUT A TAX RETURN.
>> THAT'S WHEN IT GETS NOT FUN
BEING AN ADULT.
>> BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE AN AMERICAN.
THEY LEARNED VERY LITTLE ABOUT
THE CONSTITUTION.
THEY LITERALLY GET A FEW BULLET
INDEPENDENCE.
THERE WAS LITERALLY -- IT'S
REALLY HAPPENING ON THE EAST
COAST REAR -- HERE.
IT'S LIKE KIDS CAN'T SCORE LESS
THAN A 50% ON ANY ASSIGNMENT IN
HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'LL MAKE
THEM FEEL BAD.
>> THAT'S WHAT GETTING AN F
DOES.
IT MAKES YOU FEEL BAD.
THIS INTERESTING TIDBIT WE FOUND
FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
IN 2016, THEY SAID ACHIEVEMENT
TESTING BY THE NONPARTISAN
PROGRAM FOUND THAT DESPITE THE
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF FEDERAL,
STATE, AND LOCAL TAX DOLLARS
SPENT ANNUALLY ON EDUCATION,
AMERICAN 15-YEAR-OLDS PLACED
40TH OUT OF 73 NATIONS IN MATH
LITERACY.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO LEAD THE
WORLD AND INNOVATE IN ALL THOSE
THINGS WHEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
GETTING?
>> WE HAVE WAY TOO MUCH
POLITICS INVOLVED IN EDUCATION.
LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THEY
DON'T WANT TO FAIL ANY KID OR
KICK A KID OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE
IT'LL TAKE AWAY FROM THEIR
FEDERAL FUNDS.
HIGH SCHOOLS ARE NOW GRADED ON
HOW MANY KIDS THEY GET INTO
COLLEGE, NOT -- BECAUSE IF A KID
GOES TO A TRADE SCHOOL, THEY'RE
A FAILURE.
>> BUT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE,
THAT'S EXACTLY THE RIGHT PATH
FOR THEM.
OR THE MILITARY OR SOMETHING
ELSE.
>> LIKE THE AVERAGE MACHINIST
IN THE UNITED STATES IS 55 YEARS
OLD.
IF YOU'RE A MASTER PLUMBER, YOU
CAN MAKE $100,000 A YEAR IN THIS
COUNTRY.
BUT NONE OF THAT'S GETTING
TAUGHT BECAUSE IT'S EASIER JUST
ONE SYSTEM FOR THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY INSTEAD OF -- MY IDEAL
SITUATION WOULD BE YOUR SON GOES
INTO HIGH SCHOOL AND SAY, "HEY,
MY SON'S NOT COLLEGE MATERIAL."
AND LET'S GO THIS PATH, THIS
PATH.