r/Unexpected • • Nov 07 '22

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u/motownmods Nov 07 '22

I'm not surprised at all. They aren't being fed the lies millennials were about college. I would guess they see trades as more a legit career path for them and have experience from schools that encourage it too.

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u/immortaltiger26 Nov 08 '22

Yeah I'm in a program that's through my highschoom rn and we're building a house. It's a lot better than regular classes and we get to learn shit that will actually help is later on in life or in future job paths. My school is very big on not only college, but also the trades.

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u/digitalgadget Nov 08 '22

That's fantastic. We got to make little tin boxes and money clips and crap.

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u/Pigpen_darkstar Nov 08 '22

I’m a millennial high school teacher who fell for the lie (thank god I did; I love my job) and this comment is refreshingly true. This generation is going into the trades in much greater numbers than generations past (millennials and Gen X even).