Posted on 09/23/2024 4:26:12 PM PDT by CFW
Maybe, consider tho that 99.9% of the things in your home are useless wo electricity. An electrician is really what you want to be. ;)
Thank God!
In 1950, America was an economic, cultural, and technological superpower. And less than 7% of American adults had college degrees.
My dad was a self made businessman with only a high school diploma. He was worldly, well read, articulate, and actively involved in his community. The President of a youth symphony, our synagogue, and a merchant association.
LOL...”the underpinnings of Western civilization”. What a load of crap! My aren’t we proud of our degree!
The decline of the American dream can be traced back to when my father’s generation were brainwashed into believing that their kids would be even more prosperous than they were....”if only they had a college degree” (cue the tin man, scarecrow, and cowardly lion). Like I said....what a load of crap!
Plumbing is the noblest profession on Earth.
It’s what separates a superior civilization from and inferior one.
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Worked my retirement job for 39 years. Best job I ever had, but....
Middle of Nowhere. No plumbing.. Drag your water out in 5-gallon jugs, porta-potties. Not too bad in Summer but Winter was pretty rough sometimes.
Trust me when I say “Indoor Plumbing is Civilization’s Finest Product”.
My son opted for auto repair as a 2-year degree from community college.
kinda strange that the majority of people on this thread are bent on gender gentrification... there’s a lot of women getting involved in trades... it’s not just men...
“My son opted for auto repair as a 2-year degree from community college.”
Smart parents. Smart son. And I suspect he has little to no college debt.
Auto repair techs are in big demand here especially with everyone keeping their automobiles for longer periods of time. And, the first place auto repair places call when they need a new employee is the technical school. If the school has a couple of techs that qualify and are almost ready to graduate, they can send them to work (around their school schedule) and it is a win-win solution for everyone involved.
I know FRiend.
Worked as a union and non-union laborer for years till my back gave out.
My dad was a brick layer.
Plumbers would be derided but damn it, when the water stopped everybody was yelling for a plumber. And in the hospital ER I work in, like any, clean, potable water is life.
“Don’t we know the worth of water when the well runs dry.’’- Ben Franklin.
I, agree Dr. Sivana that college is not always a waste of time. I thoroughly enjoyed my undergraduate experiences. I changed majors three times and graduated with a degree in Anthropology. (Geology, Religion, Sociology, Anthropology). I received a great and expansive old-fashioned “liberal arts” education. It included most of what 100 years ago was deemed necessary to be well-educated.
BUT, I went to a smallish Christian related school in Southern California where the tuition was still only $1,000 per semester in my Sr. year. I paid for most of that by working summers as a roughneck in the oilfields. I took out about $2500 of student loans that I repaid in three years.
Today, students like me can’t afford the luxury of doing this. It’s a shame, because it has made my life rich. It also stood me well when I went to professional school for a secondary degree when I was 38-years old.
Apparently I didn’t pay attention to spacing and paragraphing texts! LOL
I don’t think they know what quiet quitting is.
It costs $93,184 to attend New York University (including room & board).
I’ve been told by people in the trades that anyone who’s good at them can earn 6 figures very easily.
It’s a smart move for young people as they don’t rack up the college debt.
The biggest advantage that I can see, however, is there’s less opportunity for brainwashing the younger generation.
And you have good values which makes you resistant to brainwashing.
This is surely a great thing.
But, now the trade schools will have to add remedial math and reading classes just to get these folks up to speed.
Great news!
I am bookkeeper for a construction company.
A lot of new hires cannot read a tape measure.
Well you can sure make a hell of a lot more money as an electrician, plumber, mechanic, etc, than 90% of the fake and useless “college degrees” they hand out nowdays.
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