Meanwhile, the Harvard grad with a degree in Trans-African Gender Studies will be crying about the $200,000 student loan debt that is keeping them from "getting ahead".
We have reached peak “higher education.”
A lot of Potemkin “perfessers” of imaginary subjects are going to be looking for real jobs soon. They might even have to go to trade school to get one.
This is a good trend and you’re right.
Probably 10 years ago at least, an auto mechanic friend of mine said that someone good in the trades can earn 6 figures with no problem there’s the much of a shortage of skilled tradesmen.
This is a good trend and you’re right.
Probably 10 years ago at least, an auto mechanic friend of mine said that someone good in the trades can earn 6 figures with no problem there’s the much of a shortage of skilled tradesmen.
In my family it was demanded you learn a trade,
before going to a university.
I’m a shipwright a Software and Electronics engineer.
(Vietnam era VET also)
I retired at age 55.
What are you pushing your kids to do?
I was driving 65 foot long long power boats at
age thirteen. Scarred the Schiif out of me but I had a mentor.
Push your kids to excel in the real world.
This is heartening. Thanks for posting it.
In many districts you don’t even need trade school. My son is graduating from high school this year. He started an auto body repair program at the vo-tech school in 9th grade and has been working in an auto body shop half days (with his academic classes during the other half) through a co-op education program. The shop offered him a full time job after he graduated, so he already has his first job lined up. He has said the shop has sent employees to schools for training, so even if he does need to do some additional schooling, the shop will pay. Needless to say, I’m quite happy that he has his prospects worked out and is avoiding starting his life out with student debt.
I was a tech school grad. Made alot of bread. So much I retired at 52.
Not bragging. I did pretty good. Non-union pipe fitter/designer of fuel systems.
Broke my back though. And screwed up a knee.
Most of the people in the building trades in Downeast Maine are in their 50’s and 60’s and a good number over those ages.
Young workers are in high demand. Some of my friends (the older ones) do the happy dance when they hire a young man or woman who is reliable and drug free!
I can’t help but notice that he has no desire to take up the family farm. It is hard to blame him, but this is why most of the farms have to shut down.
My grandson did the trade school thing and CAT liked him so much he’s done follow-up schools and has his career in order quicker and better paying than college. As long as big trucks haul freight mechanics will feed and raise their families. Mechanics are the man.
And no “Free Palestine” idiots that go to these schools.
From 2011:
John Ratzenberger:
The jobs tide threatens an American industrial tsunami (John Ratzenberger)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/2671304/posts
Great niece’s boyfriend just got accepted into a 7 year apprenticeship to become a licensed electrician. I’ve encouraged him to take accounting and management in night school with the goal of starting his own business. I am happy to see the younger generation turning to the trades for a living as we need them.
Good mechanics, plumber or electrician contributes a lot more to the society than some gender studies professor.
So he deserves better renumeration!
As a retired stationary engineer, I welcome new blood to the trades. Before I was forced out by the clot-shot, I did my best to share my accumulated experience with the very few new hires, to the point of giving them my technical manuals collections.
I have nothing but best wishes for Chris, Amir, David, and Andrew (the four noobs at the plant when I started mental preparation for leaving).
I still miss my job.
This is going to be be one of the best generations we’ve had in a long time.
I can only base that on my personal experience but they are conservative, hardworking and less “dreamy” and entitled as their predecessors.
My husband employs nearly 80 Gen-Zers. He has been impressed with them.