I don’t even have to read the comments to know that there will be some who mindlessly say: “Well, they should major in a worthwhile degree, any of the engineering disciplines.” These ignorant statements assume that everyone off the street can handle an engineering curriculum and that just ain’t so.
“These ignorant statements assume that everyone off the street can handle an engineering curriculum and that just ain’t so.”
If it was easy, everyone would do it would not pay so much. What’s ignorant about that?
Q: How does an engineer get an artist off his front porch?
A: Pay him for the pizza!
Bada-Bump!
Spending $495 to $895 and three days here would probably do more for your youngster that $400,000 and 4 years of college ever will:
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My late father grew up during the depression (he was born in 1925) and many times told me that most salesmen had money and enough to eat while most other people were unemployed and nearly starved.
If they or you feel they must go to college, here’s a school that doesn’t require tuition, every student is a work/study:
My undergrad degree was in engineering. To obtain it you had to do multi-disciplinary studies in other 300 level engineering courses. The toughest for me was machine design, under mech E. I worked my butt off and still got a C-. Some people just have the brains for it. I don’t consider myself dumb, but some of my classmates just had a knack for it.
When I was in high school quite some time ago the guidance counselors would identify the students that they didn't feel were college-bound and point them in the direction of a trade school. These students would go to regular high school for the first half of the day and then spend the second half at what we called "vocational tech" learning skills such as auto mechanics, welding, plumbing, etc. Many of these students were able to make good money right out of high school.
For some reason, schools have done away with "vo-techs". I think the conventional wisdom is that all kids should aspire to go to college and many of the trades that were taught were geared towards males. Can't have that!
True, but if you aren’t going to get a degree that pays well, why are you at school?
That is the issue. There was an article about fashion majors working for FREE in order to get a foot in the door. Most don’t.
Why do we have that many fashion degree majors?