Values of a "lower" education

Whatever happened to all the "blue-collar" jobs that were so prevalent thirty years ago? Have they all been taken away from us by "illegal" immigrants, and if not, are we the only generation left that still has one? Most, (if not all), of our younger generation go to college in pursuit of a better career than what the old man had, and better paying, too, which is exactly what we wanted for our children in the first place, back when we were preaching college to them. The problem is now, (and we should have seen this coming), our college graduate children have great jobs with a fantastic salary requiring little to no "physical" labor, and still retain only the amount of "common sense" found in a bowl of steamed carrots. Many of today's youth are much more likely to find a cure for skin cancer than to be able to check the oil in their own cars, or even operate an un-sophisticated lawn mower. Does anybody remember what particular year it was when we, as a nation, no longer required our children to do "chores" in order to have a little spending money? Perhaps it was the same year that we decided it was no longer acceptable to "spank" our children for doing wrong. Maybe it was the year that we brilliantly decided to make ALL of our children "winners" at the local "T-ball" game, by not really keeping score, and thereby sending the message to them that life will give you the same rewards, whether you try hard or not. I do seem to remember that "The American Dream" is supposed to be something about a great job, 2.2 kid's, a 3 bedroom house with a white picket fence and a dog named Rufus, but was there anything in this "dream" mandating that our children would someday HAVE to hire illegals to do the work that they were either too lazy or too stupid to do, because they spent so much time and money on a college education in the belief that they would never have to? Also, I would like to know how you can have 2.2 kids! It must have been a college graduate that figured that one out. I am very proud of this great, independent nation, but I wonder how long we can remain independent once the rest of the world figures out that we can no longer shingle our own houses, cook our own food, or do our own gardening. Maybe we really do need to get our "shit" together, before we lose it all. This message was brought to you from out of the fog. I'm Rany J. Delimont, and I approved this ad.