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highmindedhavi

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2. Are kids ignoring the trade schools?

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 04:43 PM

Sep 2013

I work at a Union manufacturing plant with hundreds of employees. Over 90% of the Electricians, Mechanics, and Machinists are over 45 years old. My son is enrolled at Los Angeles Trade Tech to become an Electrician, he is 21. The Electricians at work are very happy to hear about his progress, all A's! I ask about their sons and if they are going to follow in their footsteps, but most say no. Why, I asked them, the response always the same, they don't want to do the work.

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Higher education is in an expensive muddle with too many useless degrees [View all] FarCenter Sep 2013 OP

Oh boy, a "universities are supposed to be trade schools" thread. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #1

And a British one, at that. frazzled Sep 2013 #3

People like any excuse to sneer at non-STEM degrees. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #7

No. Trade schools are supposed to be trade schools. SheilaT Sep 2013 #4

Tuition is paid in currency. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #11

Are kids ignoring the trade schools? highmindedhavi Sep 2013 #2

Yes, of course they are jmowreader Sep 2013 #6

Tuition is more than twice as much as it should ever cost. PlanetaryOrbit Sep 2013 #5

Seriously; US tuition rates are kind of terrifying from this perspective Posteritatis Sep 2013 #8

More people getting college educations is a good thing! It's capitalism that tells us it's bad. reformist2 Sep 2013 #9

Credentialism is a result of the shift of the responsibility for training onto employees. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2013 #10

In technology it takes about 5000 hours to become competent, and half is useless in 5 years. FarCenter Sep 2013 #13

Every degree is useless. hunter Sep 2013 #12