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Originally Posted by SirOsis
This is a good point that hardly seems to get addressed. Nobody ever encourages people to work trades. It doesn't make any sense. It's not like someone who is a plumber can't read, and their overall job experience and pay is probably better than most. I have a good friend who is a pipefitter and I think he makes like $80 an hour.
i see it every day. good kids. instead of saying to them, "hey you like working on your car/house/etc. and you just got a D in algebra 1, why don't you consider our vo-tech school and study auto mechanics/welding/building trades/etc.?"
nope. we say to them, "hey you can go to college! never mind that you worked your ass off and got a D in algebra 1, let's go ahead and double up next year with algebra 2 and geometry. got to get ready for college!" fast forward to the end of the year: "oh, hey. you failed both of of your math classes. that's too bad. good luck in the future!"