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>You seem to imagine that a generation of kids should be happy going to trade school and working as plumbers. We tell every kid to go to college, but the reali
by EpicEng 8y ago
>You seem to imagine that a generation of kids should be happy going to trade school and working as plumbers.
We tell every kid to go to college, but the reality is that many of them simply aren't cut out for it. They _should_ be developing a trade skill, but they don't, so they end up with a near useless degree (or not even that), a mountain of debt, and no real skills to speak of.
What's wrong with being a plumber, or an electrician, or a carpenter? They are absolutely required functions and I imagine many degree holders aren't entirely happy with their shitty office jobs paying less than they would make on a job site.
- cosmon0t 8y agoThere is nothing wrong about being a plumber, electrician, carpenter etc, except when your dad is a carpenter, and you see him breaking his knees all day, while the media is flooded by young, good-looking people making twice what he makes working in an air-conditioned building with a gym and bean bags chairs. Then everyone wants to do it, and suddenly big companies get their pick ivy league applicants, Podunk U gets a pile of cash for selling a dream, and the young adult is left on the hook.
- EpicEng 8y agoYou ell what we want and what we can have are often very different things. This has been true literally since the dawn of time, so I'm not sure what your point is.