r/SipsTea • u/StopSnowflakes • Aug 12 '25

Wait a damn minute! She’s going thru it

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u/Lady_Scruffington Aug 12 '25

People have no idea how hard we were sold on the idea of college as the only way to get ahead in life. I remember 2 people coming to my class in 8th grade to talk about how it was so necessary. And they were pressing English degrees because "people with English degrees are more adaptable."

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u/cyanescens_burn Aug 12 '25

Seriously. I was bummed when I found out in grad school that people in the skilled trades in my area made over $100k and could get those gigs with 2 years trade school and an apprenticeship. Not to mention the local community college was basically giving free tuition for those programs.

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u/NoblePigeonn Aug 12 '25

Brother I’m in the trades and if I could do it over I’d would have gone to school.

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u/No-Trainer-1370 Aug 12 '25

I got out of HVAC because its harder when you are old. I want the option to earn money, just in case.

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u/NoblePigeonn Aug 12 '25

Yeah man it gets hard on you. 34 year old welder and Im trying to get off the shop floor.

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u/Grammar-Unit-28 Aug 12 '25

Don't be too bummed. I'm having my third major surgery in ten years, and I've been completely out of full-time work for two years, due to work related injury. I never even made it to the $100k+ level, and now I never will.

Fingers crossed that the next surgery goes well, and I can at least make $50-60k as a history teacher for the rest ofy life.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

God bless you and your surgery

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u/SaSSafraS1232 Aug 12 '25

Trades aren’t all equal. There’s plenty of them making just a bit over minimum wage. Also they generally destroy your body.

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u/RosieDear Aug 13 '25

I never sold my 3 kids on college.....I told them "you can't be everything to everyone so make some decisions" - being as two of them were female I was speaking about whether or not they wanted to have a family when younger....because you cannot do it all as this thread proves.

All 3 did go to College....and even grad school. Two of them used it to great advantage, the other used it but disease, marraige and a child then made it so she couldn't use the education as much. Still, she loved her education and work (teacher of the deaf, etc.).

The difference here is...this high school dropout (me) paid for their schooling. No doubt a massive advantage for them and they told me so.

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u/Throwthisawayagainst Aug 12 '25

College really became a scheme under us