A Political Cartoon by Daryl Cagle Page 325

A human resources person is interviewing a candidate for a job. The caption says “how has high school prepared you for this job?” while the interviewee for the job is just seeing tests.

I think that this makes a very good statement; I understand where they are coming from.  The argument is that high school (and college) students are pushed too hard on testing. While this is a valid point, I believe that there is not a better way to test the students’ comprehension of any specific topic.  In a perfect world, we could all listen to our instructors and remember everything and absorb everything.  Sadly this is not a perfect world, so we must be tested on how well we retain information.  However, maybe students could be tested on how they comprehend in other ways than testing.  I personally have no clue how such a thing could be tested, but that’s not my job to figure out.  The interviewee seems to be portrayed to be a nimrod, this enforces the author’s point that high school graduates may be book smart, but overall they are unprepared and essentially useless to the business world of the 21^st century.  I don’t believe this is quite as blatant as the author makes it out to seem.  Most cartoons and cartoonists tend to overstate things to get their point across more effectively.  Although these students may be prepared for each of their tests, which does not necessarily mean that they are prepared for life as useful people in the business world.