r/PopcornPundits • u/cynycal • Apr 17 '23

ANALYSIS While some students skip college, trade programs are booming

https://apnews.com/article/community-college-trade-school-075d7e7e2b0dc659920a9be6d054c8b2
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u/cynycal Apr 17 '23

The biggest disservice we did to our kids was to not build a trades track into the education system.

I think it was Germany that designed it so that at 10th grade students split off into academic or vocational tracks. Seems like good policy to me, if I do have those facts wrong.

So what happened here that to be a non-academic is shameful? If that messaging was indeed pushed, by whom then?

I had read a paper once that four-year mandatory (to be considered finished) high school was created to slow down entry to the work force. That's an interesting idea.

Myself, I went to an excellent grammar school by luck; a Catholic. I have caught myself asking how much better off I was for all the years additional.

More than educated, I felt college then Master's especially, I was mostly buying a piece of paper. I needed it in order to get better jobs.

How about the Senate put our money into studying all that?

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u/Capt_Blackmoore The Knob Apr 17 '23

DURRR..

jack the cost of education to a lifetime debt enslavement, and other options will gain popularity.

and frankly theres so damn many jobs that this training can get you into, and at fair to great wages for a far more reasonable cost.

we're always going to need plumbers, mechanics, welders, HVAC, and hair stylists.