When the trade guys who service everyone retire.....big trouble! It started before Obama, but he really pushed the whole everyone should go to college. I work in a rural southern school district & honestly, sad to say, there are quite a lot of kids from drug homes, no dads present, parents on the line of being mentally retarded and the kids raise themselves. I remember when there were like two kids in the whole school who had issues. Now the kids with good parenting are in the minority. Some of these kids are beyond messed before kindergarten.
And the crazy thing? People who have a trade make really good money.
Thanks for letting me vent & you are absolutely correct!
I agree with you. I live in the suburbs of Charlotte, in a place that is claimed to have good schools. (I’m a rock-ribbed homeschooler, myself.) Children are stressed out of their minds in first grade, but that doesn’t mean they can read by the time I run into them in Sunday School in 4th or 5th grade.
Skilled trades are dying for workers who have a pulse and can pass a drug test, and those are high-wage, union jobs. I have a son coming up (14) who is not an academic standout, and another who’s 9, and I will be strongly encouraging them toward a trade program. Plumber or electrician or HVAC tech is a good line of work, and it’s only going to get better as fewer people qualify.