The UC system, the worlds finest public university, is SWAMPED with qualified applicants and this year was turning away tens of thousands of kids that were scoring over 1800 on their SATs and carrying 4.0 GPAs.

All you need to do is provide a good education for the top 20% and you'll have more than enough people to fill all the available knowledge jobs... engineering, science, medicine, etc. Another 30% should receive vocational training for skilled labor/trade positions.

Around 8th grade is when the kids should be tested and placed on the appropriate tracks, those who don't qualify for additional education or vocational training should be turned loose to compete for minimum wage/manual labor positions.

Anyone who disagrees with this is clearly from the bottom 50%.