That sentiment is felt throughout the country. Why shouldn't we have workers in mills? Heck, if everybody and their dog got computer degrees would there be any computer jobs left? Probably not. Plus, some folks just naturally like working with their hands, building things, instead of using their minds and sitting on their butts all day long.
In my area they got rid of shop classes, and home economics, and replaced them with "tech" classes. Not everyone is a techie, and would have done well in the classes they got rid of.
Absolutely. My son could have gone to college but had no interest in accruing crippling debt. Plus he loves making things. He went to community college and got a bunch of welding certs. He works for a family business and gets to do an interesting variety of welding projects. Also he is building a side biz fixing farm equipment with the encouragement and support of his boss who is always referring side jobs to him. It’s not that he doesn’t like to learn. He reads a ton and listens to audiobooks while working and is more educated and articulate than a lot of college grads I know.
When I got out of High School forty years ago I went to college for a computer degree. I found out reallllllll quick that computers are not for me. But my grandfather and my dad instilled into me the ability to build and remodel houses. So, thirty five years later I robbed my 401k, every single penny, and sank it into the raw materials to build my own house. God was watching out for me because He allowed me to purchase a one acre "in the city" lake lot for $9K. Then I began buying all the building materials just before they exploded in price. I drug my wife and kid down to our build site every single day and together we built a 5000 sq/ft house, with our own hands. Sure we had some help with things like concrete flat work and laying a few cement blocks, but 90% of the labor was our own. Today my house is worth $850K. I don't think having a computer degree would have helped me in any way to get this house built. But common sense and a loving family certainly had more influence than a cold, money sucking university ever did.
That sentiment is felt throughout the country. Why shouldn't we have workers in mills? Heck, if everybody and their dog got computer degrees would there be any computer jobs left? Probably not. Plus, some folks just naturally like working with their hands, building things, instead of using their minds and sitting on their butts all day long.
It all started when they removed shop classes in schools.
Then every HS started pushing college as the only option.
In my area they got rid of shop classes, and home economics, and replaced them with "tech" classes. Not everyone is a techie, and would have done well in the classes they got rid of.
Absolutely. My son could have gone to college but had no interest in accruing crippling debt. Plus he loves making things. He went to community college and got a bunch of welding certs. He works for a family business and gets to do an interesting variety of welding projects. Also he is building a side biz fixing farm equipment with the encouragement and support of his boss who is always referring side jobs to him. It’s not that he doesn’t like to learn. He reads a ton and listens to audiobooks while working and is more educated and articulate than a lot of college grads I know.
I'm in very good shape,and I don't waste my free time at the gym,and I get paid more than most people with a 4 year degree....
AMEN. If everyone is a techie, who's going to repair the air conditioning, plumbing, circuit panel?
And some people like doing both. Working with their minds and their hands.
When I got out of High School forty years ago I went to college for a computer degree. I found out reallllllll quick that computers are not for me. But my grandfather and my dad instilled into me the ability to build and remodel houses. So, thirty five years later I robbed my 401k, every single penny, and sank it into the raw materials to build my own house. God was watching out for me because He allowed me to purchase a one acre "in the city" lake lot for $9K. Then I began buying all the building materials just before they exploded in price. I drug my wife and kid down to our build site every single day and together we built a 5000 sq/ft house, with our own hands. Sure we had some help with things like concrete flat work and laying a few cement blocks, but 90% of the labor was our own. Today my house is worth $850K. I don't think having a computer degree would have helped me in any way to get this house built. But common sense and a loving family certainly had more influence than a cold, money sucking university ever did.