[burnerburnson]

The recent push to relax education standards in the US is only going to make problems like this worse.

For example: https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2023/10/oregon-again-sa...

I can see it already in my company. Many of the newer engineers don't even have basic language skills. Reading their design documents is an exercise in divination. This has repeatedly resulted in delays and costly miscommunications between partnering teams.

We need a national push to raise the quality of our educational institutions from grade school through university. And we need to re-focus the curriculum on the subjects of greatest importance: reading, writing, math, and science.

[beej71]

I'm 1000% on board with this. It's already going to take decades to dig out.

Sadly, though every politician claims to be pro-education, very few of them actually are, and some are actively against it.