Of course these companies can't, Dickey... Can't you see that first of all "qualified" is a very subjective term and can't you see that with the wages these companies are willing to pay, they aren't going to change the paradyme???

If I could go to an 8th grade class in NE Washington as an empoloyer and say to the kids that if they would sign a contract to finish high school then I would hire them at a "livable wage and benefits" then I'd guarentee you that you'd seea major drop off in drop out rates... It has worked where the occasional rich guy has offered a certain graduating claass the same offer...

Boils down to opportuntiy... Like why put in the effort is yer goina' be flippin' burgers the rst of yer life...

Hey, kids will work if they see that they are workin' ***for something***... Think this goes back to Skinner's box... No reward, no learnin'... Garbage in, garbage out...

America has become the one western country that has lost sight that folks needs carrots... Not prisons...

Bobert