Trade schools aren't exactly cheap either, and it is much harder to get financial aid or even loans to cover trade school than traditional university education.

Trade schools aren't exactly cheap either, and it is much harder to get financial aid or even loans to cover trade school than traditional university education. I 100% agree that we do a huge disservice to high school kids by pushing this myth of higher education, but that is the direction they are pushed and trade school is hardly in the conversation most of the time.