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More women are skipping college to make six figures as electricians, car mechanics and truck drivers
New York Post ^ | Aug. 13, 2024 | Rikki Schlott

Posted on 08/17/2024 3:02:59 PM PDT by george76

With the high price of tuition at four-year colleges and Americans owing nearly $2 billion in student loan debt, some young people are questioning the benefits of a traditional bachelor’s degree and opting to work with their hands.

Vocational school enrollment shot up by 16% last year, reaching a record level since the National Student Clearing House began recording such data. Gen Z has even been dubbed “the tool belt generation.”

While the majority of workers in trades are men, a growing number of young women are opting to work with their hands. In 2020, 11.6% of those who completed an apprenticeship program in the US were female, according to the Department of Labor.

“It’s about time for people to start realizing that you can make more money, have a better career path, have a happier life, have a better family in the long term, by doing stuff with your hands,” said Victoria Carl, a 25-year-old Albany woman who owns her own car repair show.

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Emiley Filuta: ‘This was my dream since I was 5’..

As a junior in high school, she enrolled in a two-year Automotive Technologies program at Questar III BOCES... took advantage of BOCES’ Youth Apprenticeship Program and got a gig working at the Rensselaer Honda.

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This fall, she plans to attend Hudson Valley Community College for a two-year automotive program — and she has no regrets about foregoing the traditional college route.

“Personally I do think that trade school is wiser for some people. No matter what happens as times change, you’re always going to need the trades,” she said. “I love the feeling of being able to look at something and figure out what’s wrong with it. It just feels amazing to know that I can do that.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carmechanics; drivers; electrician; electricians; mechanics; truckdrivers
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1 posted on 08/17/2024 3:02:59 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Money talks, and their isn’t anything wrong with that.

That is a free market with Supply and Demand.

It’s a good thing.


2 posted on 08/17/2024 3:10:59 PM PDT by Red6
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To: george76

Awesome. College is a scam for the vast majority.

Unless you plan a career in some STEM related field, college is worthless. I’m a college graduate and have felt it was worthless in my career.


3 posted on 08/17/2024 3:11:31 PM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: george76

We have reached peak “higher education.”


4 posted on 08/17/2024 3:14:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: cyclotic
"Unless you plan a career in some STEM related field, college is worthless. "

Very true. High priced college tuition is mosty a scam. In these days where you can learn most things online, most of your tuition money is just going to university bureaucrats, campus maintenance and construction, woke boondoggles, etc.
5 posted on 08/17/2024 3:18:05 PM PDT by anthropocene_x
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To: george76

Welders and other metal trades too.


6 posted on 08/17/2024 3:20:11 PM PDT by reviled downesdad (Abortion is the genocide of people of color by Democrats.)
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To: Red6

Where is this country with a “free market” and “supply and demand?”

No offense but males are at a severe disadvantage against the female sexists in charge. There are still unspoken quotas for unqualified or less qualified females to get the jobs and the promotions.

Went from two generations of little boys raising their hands in class and being ignored or ridiculed to push the female teachers’ sexist feminism to males at risk all over America today.


7 posted on 08/17/2024 3:23:24 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: george76

Had a young woman come by once and repair my dishwasher. Found the problem right away ordered the part and temporarily remedied the cause so I could use it until the part came in. She knew her stuff.


8 posted on 08/17/2024 3:25:57 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: george76

They had a UPS driver making over $120k a year on tiktok


9 posted on 08/17/2024 3:27:19 PM PDT by struggle
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To: nutmeg

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10 posted on 08/17/2024 3:28:38 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: cyclotic

Pretty much agree. Graduated college in ‘88 with a BA when it was still affordable. I reflect that it made me well read and rounded in areas I wouldn’t have pursued myself. Teaching critical thinking was still a thing. There were also still some conservative Professors.

But I agree, that value is now gone. Go for technical skills.


11 posted on 08/17/2024 3:32:17 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
We have reached peak “higher education.”

International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests

One of the reasons why we're reluctant to crack down on foreign students with visas to study in the U.S.

12 posted on 08/17/2024 3:32:53 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: george76

FWIW, my mother was a welder during WWII, making train “cow catchers” for a company support ing the war effort. A Rosie The Riveter type.


13 posted on 08/17/2024 3:33:00 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the convicted felon with the pierced ear. )
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To: george76

What America needed was mothers and wives, what we are getting is just more guys, no wonder we now import our baby makers.


14 posted on 08/17/2024 3:33:41 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: george76

Last week I was at a worksite and saw a woman cement truck driver. She was ready to unload but couldn’t budge the chute into position to drop her load.

She was pretty cute and got a guy to help her. He had to jump and use his legs and hands to move that chute. It was really stuck.

Story being she didn’t even put out the extra effort to move the chute before calling for help.

That is something women need to overcome before they should get paid as much as men.


15 posted on 08/17/2024 3:37:10 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: reviled downesdad

What could go wrong? There are plenty of women who are stronger than relatively weak men. I can’t throw a javelin at all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin_throw

But for being a newscaster or blogger, women have the advantage

https://gladieuxconsulting.com/why-do-women-talk-so-much/

and then there’s this issue..

https://nypost.com/2024/08/17/us-news/secret-sevice-probing-claims-agent-left-trump-rally-to-breastfeed/

But can this possibly be true???

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081217124430.htm

“It’s likely that the larger surface area in men’s parietal lobes leads to an increase in functional columns, which are the processing unit in the cortex,” said Koscik. “This may represent a specialization for certain spatial abilities in men.”
and then....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6hx1nXe41A


16 posted on 08/17/2024 3:38:21 PM PDT by brookwood (The root cause of illegal immigration- the US is rich and gives away benefits, other countries don't)
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To: ansel12
no wonder we now import our baby makers.

Might as well, we should gradually become more Hispanic. But at the same time, we should make the "American Dream" possible for everybody.

We have to eliminate the "woke virus" that's infecting us somehow.

17 posted on 08/17/2024 3:38:44 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

I didn’t understand that post.


18 posted on 08/17/2024 3:39:57 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: brookwood
But for being a newscaster or blogger, women have the advantage

Joe Rogan's podcast is the most popular in America. People are interested in what he's talking about.

19 posted on 08/17/2024 3:41:11 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: george76
My neighborhood trash truck driver is a total smokeshow.

I was quite shocked when I saw her pull up to my bins one morning.

20 posted on 08/17/2024 3:42:17 PM PDT by Drew68
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