Gotta have more time to indoctrinate. 12 years is not enough. (Link in comments)
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No-one is taught how to swing a hammer or read a tape measure. Or read an analog clock, probably.
We had a guy here who graduated from Purdue with a degree in electrical engineering and he didn't know what allen wrenches were.
As a Purdue alumni, this is embarrassing. My husband and I have floated the "learn a trade" balloon w/each of our kids (vs college). As homeowners remodeling/renovating a 70+ year old home, we know the value of masonry professionals, trustworthy general contractors, and craftsmen in various areas. They could name their price, work the schedule they want, and avoid much of today's cancel culture/politics.
my teenage daughter is pretty serious about a guy and he's a worker, smart, but no interest in college. He's going into construction and already has a "helper" job for a GC. So, he's a keeper as far as I'm concerned.
Can contest. My 15 yr old stepdaughter has trouble reading our big analog clock in our kitchen. She didn’t even know how to spell her middle name. She didn’t know how to address and put postage on an envelope at 13, or have her address memorized. I’m fairly certain I knew all that when I was 7. I didn’t know if she’s just like a special person or if this is her generation. She’s smart otherwise, like loves Trump!
If parents don't teach her about these things, how can she be expected to know them? So many like to place the blame on the kids/younger generation and don't address the parenting. This is the consequence of parents who don't involve themselves in their child's learning. They don't call us "the daycare generation" for no reason.
Complaining about the the youngest generation isn't new.
One of our EEs told me a story about a newly graduated EE at a client site who was confused as to how fuses work.
Did you read that article last month about Google's comments about graduates from i think Howard University? Might have been a different school but it was a black school. Anyway, the google people said that overall, none of these kids were prepared to work even an entry level job for them. The top graduate couldn't even pass their coding test.
The cost of grade inflation.
I have a college degree and work for a homebuilder. I do purchasing/cost accounting/finance/etc (small company). Anyway, 50% of my job is dealing with our subcontractors. I'd say at least half of the subs we have are under 40 (at least half of those are under 30) and make a killing running their own businesses as flatworkers/framers/landscapers etc. One kid does nothing but exterior concrete. he's 33 and runs his own business. We hit it off because he's also a subaru freak. Anyway, he has 300k in CARS in his 10 car garage including imported WRX and R32 Skyline. It's insane. Here i am, 10 years older, jealous as fuck about it.