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After all, we must increase the surplus value that our teachers create. You are not going to solve the problem of unemployment under a capitalist system; it is a 'feature' of such an economy, not a bug. There is a need for a reserve army of workers chilling their heels and keeping wages lower while at the same time the dynamic of the economy itself is in the direction of ever increasing labor productivity. I am also deeply suspicious that this is an attempt to do away with classical humanistic disciplines because a.) they are not immediately 'productive' in the sense that capitalists desire (i.e. they often do not relate directly to production of surplus value) and b.) they tend to create a critical consciousness that most employers would not want their workers to have. Be good at problem solving in a limited way? Yes. But engaging with fundamental questions or delving deeply behind appearances? No way.
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