@Sovereign @cjd I understand. I personally believe its dei mostly and failing education standards seconds. However you have to consider the fact that education in American/western countries rotted way before we might think it did. Also for American education specifically, as i understand it, they actually do "sell a pencil" for a hundred bucks in the sense that only the rich or people who will condemn themselves to half a lifetime of debt will get a "decent" degree worth anything.