There has been a culture in the US, for some time, that everyone needs to go to college. Many high schools have removed classes that guide/prepare people into s

There has been a culture in the US, for some time, that everyone needs to go to college. Many high schools have removed classes that guide/prepare people into skilled trades and guidance counselors almost always push everyone to college. There is some change for that now where some schools are starting to go the other way. But, these are in the minority. It's a culture thing. I know a number of younger people who had the impression it was better to toil in a low wage job (like a sandwich shop) and pine for a college degree than to choose a skilled trades career path. To them choosing skilled trades felt like failure. This is the culture they were raised in.