[Pontiac]

Not certain your advice still holds, without considerable financial support from parents and grandparents.

There are plenty of jobs out there which a young person can get without breaking the bank or borrowing heavily.

Professional welders make a good buck. You can get certified in two years or less from a trade school or community college.

It is hard work and certainly is not glamourous but it is honorable and more than pays the bills.

Once the bills are paid you will still have money left over to pay for art school or whatever your dream may be. .

A dream deferred is not a dream abandoned.

And by the way I have seen some welders work that rose to the level of art. (at least in my mind)

[RoosterRedux]

I am a BIG fan of metal sculpture. Some of it is the highest form of art.

[Resettozero]

Professional welders make a good buck.

Good for professional welders.

There are plenty of jobs out there which a young person can get without breaking the bank or borrowing heavily.

Then you do not see what has happened and is happening all over America.

[goodnesswins]

My niece, who probably could have gotten a free ride at a good university got a 2 year welders certificate and has been employed 2 years....her cousin, my other niece...studied history and now is studying for LSAT...we’ll see who succeeds (I think I know already)