Posted on 12/24/2017 12:38:47 PM PST by Sean_Anthony
Not every college student I have ever taught was really college material, motivated enough to succeed, or even enjoyed being in college. Some could have benefited from attending a trade school or a technical college
A Lucrative Technical School or a Four-Year College Degree? The Ideologies that killed more than 100 million people last century are being praised at our universities today. - Turning Point USA
It is becoming increasingly difficult to find a skilled technician to fix anything. Everything is disposable something breaks down, lets buy a new one. There are fewer and fewer technical and trade schools and, even if there were more, American students are not interested in learning a trade. They have been conditioned by society and by their parents that, unless they get a four-year college degree, anything else is not worth their effort and time.
You make it sound like all ya need to do is show up at the power company and they put you to work
Like I said, “Not that easy”
Agreed. Unless youre a doctor, lawyer, etc. All a degree does is show a perspective employer that you started something and saw it through to completion.
It depends on the kid. We have four. One tried college and didn’t like it. Stopped at associates degree. Number 2 works full time and is completing her degree online.
Number 3 actually is a rocket scientist. He’ll graduate as an astronautical engineer in may.
Number 4 will be a tradesman. He’s thinking of being a trucker. Taking CDL school in March.
The educational cabal mentality of college for all is misguided, expensive and stupid.
“... I would think, an employer would be impressed with someone who took the initiative and went out of their comfort zone...”
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No employer will be impressed because you never went out of your comfort zone. You will be having too much fun. You’d be surprised of the number of Americans who studied in Europe and never returned home. There are Americans living in Europe who were home last when they went to Europe as a G.I.
A rocket scientist might design a missile that efficiently kills our enemies.
Do you work at a utility?
Should I have said Lawyer instead of Rocket Scientist?
Wichita.
In Wisconsin engineers start at 100-150K and that’s just for the run of the mill guy ...
LOL
If you don’t want to be crippled with debt, work your way through tech/trade school.
If you or your family are rich enough to get through university with no debt on graduation, then go to university, graduate with a degree in junk like lesbian studies or something even easier. Because if you have that much money, what you know doesn’t matter.
I think a some stuff taught in colleges could be done in technical schools. For instance, nursing, computer programming, business administration, etc. There should be more competition in education instead of funneling everybody through universities to learn skills.
I don’t think business admin can be taught at a tech school because of the ancillary courses required with it, ie, accounting, economics, and organizational development. If your trade school has those, it’s a college, mate.
Lol. The missiles can be used on lawyers too. :)
My 16 year old is most definitely college material. He reads Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Sowell and Jung for fun. Hes not going to college.
He is enrolled as a post secondary student in the electrician program at the local community/technical college. State covers tuition (still costs state less than what it pays public schools per student) so our only costs are his tools. He will graduate at 18 ready to begin his career as an electrician, completely debt free and two years early.
He knows he can pursue his intellectual interests and continue his hobbies, music and writing (both fiction and non-fiction) while making a decent living doing something he enjoys.
Bravo to your son.
Who knows what the future holds.
He might decide to get his contractors license too.
We must send all students through the student-loan ringer so they can keep the Social Justice perfessers gainfully employed.
Further your education along the lines of being able to support yourself. Go where that leads. It wont be to a degree in Asian lesbian studies.
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