I was explaining to my daughter why Americans are paying for college attendees huge tuition bills. She asked if she would be able to get a higher education. I said universities are indoctrination camps and teach group think. I told her learn a trade or skill so she can rely on herself. Do nothing jobs are going away. This way she can support her family whenever she needs to. But her choice in a husband will need to fill that roll. It was a sad conversation. I didn't say she couldn't do what she wanted but she had to navigate all the lies and gaslighting. I was uncertain of her future.
An old high-school friend of mine had a son who decided (as a teenager) that he wanted to be a carpenter. His parents forced him into Computer Science. Not knocking CS or anything, but he had a view of something that he really wanted to do (working with his hands) but he was pushed in a different direction because his parents didn't want their kid working a blue-collar job. Too much like the Poors, dontcha know.
Both parents had dads that worked industrial jobs and that just wasn't good enough, even though it provided them with a really good start in life. I was too polite to inform them that all those degree-holders are going to need someone to fix their houses (or their cars or their plumbing). And the fewer of those tradesmen there are, the higher the $$ will be for their services.
I was explaining to my daughter why Americans are paying for college attendees huge tuition bills. She asked if she would be able to get a higher education. I said universities are indoctrination camps and teach group think. I told her learn a trade or skill so she can rely on herself. Do nothing jobs are going away. This way she can support her family whenever she needs to. But her choice in a husband will need to fill that roll. It was a sad conversation. I didn't say she couldn't do what she wanted but she had to navigate all the lies and gaslighting. I was uncertain of her future.
An old high-school friend of mine had a son who decided (as a teenager) that he wanted to be a carpenter. His parents forced him into Computer Science. Not knocking CS or anything, but he had a view of something that he really wanted to do (working with his hands) but he was pushed in a different direction because his parents didn't want their kid working a blue-collar job. Too much like the Poors, dontcha know.
Both parents had dads that worked industrial jobs and that just wasn't good enough, even though it provided them with a really good start in life. I was too polite to inform them that all those degree-holders are going to need someone to fix their houses (or their cars or their plumbing). And the fewer of those tradesmen there are, the higher the $$ will be for their services.