I know a lot of people who have gone through college and now have jobs they do not like, that do not pay well, and which are dead ends.
Our culture says “Go to college or else be a loser.”
We need to convince people that many other career paths are perfectly respectable. Making apprenticeships socially acceptable would be a wonderful thing. A lot of people would be happier, and human labor would be expended in more useful directions than mere paper-shuffling in a cubicle.
I was very happy to see Norm Abram of “This Old House” talking up the construction trades and recommending apprenticeships as an alternative to college. The show is soon to announce an apprenticeship program. It’s a great idea.