Posted on 09/30/2024 7:59:27 PM PDT by anthropocene_x
There is also another dirty little secret. If you are in a favored class, you will likely get a discount off the "list price," which can be either a full or partial full ride.
So, if you're the parent who has managed to have a job, work hard, and make a little money, and your child is not otherwise gifted in some special way or the favored class, you (or they) pay full cost.
I know.
Going to many colleges to get a degree you come out dumber, indoctrinated and liberal...which is the definition of dumber.
Two of mine have associates degrees from community college and are doing fine. One is a book editor, works full time from home or wherever she feels like being at the time.
The other is a full-time nanny with a few side gigs.
One son did the full college route as an Aerospace Engineer. The last one is a professional truck operator. (Notice I didn’t say driver)
Bottom line, we encouraged them to do what they wanted, not what we designed for them.
My opinion is that if you’re not intending on a career in a hard science, college is a colossal waste of time and money.
Fixed it.
In my area industrial electricians are well paid. After that commercial guys are usually well paid and then there’s resi guys which usually is not great.
Define “well paid”.
Starting upper $30 with no experience to mid 40s with. If you have a masters license that adds at least $10/hr more. Then there’s all the OT you can handle at 1.5 and shift differentiate if you like off 1st. For my area that’s very good money.
“Yeah, my wife and I really differ on this. She thinks it’d be a disaster if our daughter doesn’t immediately go to college for 4-5 years after graduating high school, which makes her (our daughter) dependent on the gov’t to get through school: I’m old enough that what limited resources we have left MUST mostly go to wifey and I staying afloat.
Hell, you can’t even get an ACADEMIC scholarship from a public university now, without it being dependent on the whole FAFSA mess.
I’d be a lot happier if my daughter took a route a lot more like yours. Bounce around a bit if need be, scrimp, and save some money. (She has a LITTLE money from my Mom & Dad.) She’s very smart and a good kid, and should do fine in the world of work, once she learns “the ropes”.
Instead? Heck, she doesn’t even know at all what she wants to do — she’s starting off in college “undecided”. Bah”
I do not have a college degree. After graduation, I took business courses at our local tech school but didn’t even graduate with any certificate from there. My high school had a great accounting/clerical/Secretary teaching department and I scored in the top 5 of my class in those subjects. So, I took more classes at business school but then figured I knew enough and off I went to “Do my best!”.
My first law job was at $4.25 per hour, and I just moved up from secretary to office manager as the law firm grew (using an old IBM Selectric typewriter). I worked for 4 law firms before ending up at the law school. I learned new stuff and computer programs on my own, was always on time, and learned to problem-solve. If I didn’t know the answer, I found someone who did.
I made good money and retired with a nice “little” check each month. College isn’t the only path.
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