“You don’t want to be a garbage man!”, they said.
What’s wrong with Garbage men? They make a shit-ton of money. Should I go to school and be an accountant? Would you be happy if I worked on Wallstreet buying and selling invisible money?
Truth is I’d be a garbage man... instantly. Something about the safety of collecting benefits, having structured time off, and monitoring a 401k sounds fantastic. It’s like being a teacher, without having to deal with the runny-nosed, snot-faced kids. Garbage men get out of work by 12 Nooon and have the rest of their day to do whatever they please.
Where did the idea of how and what sort of jobs we do go misguided?
As immigrants our grandparents didn’t have formal educations. They didn’t have the option to as it was expensive and they needed to hit the ground running from Ellis Island. They worked hard in labored jobs to provide for their families. They went through the Great Depression and endured hardships first hand. Schooling was expensive and looked at as a huge accomplishment and leg up for those who “studied” as being part of an upper echelon.
Our parents were raised and battered about the importance of a college education, and at that time - it was pretty important. As time progressed, more and more parents passed down that “old-idea” that one must attend college to get a job which created a major gap in employment as our country grew.
The diminishing skill trades.
With an ever-increasing attendance in colleges and children brainwashed into thinking that if they were to get a ”real” job, it would be a result of attending college... the well of labor and skill trade workers began to dry up.
Entire generations of children later, took and are currently taking out loans they will almost never pay off to attend institutions designed to create profits. Add a required class here and a required class there and we’ve figured out how to make money up front off of suckers piling up debt.
Parents stopped pushing labor unions and trades such as: HVAC techs, automobile mechanics, plumbers, etc. If there is one thing supply and demand teaches us - it’s this lesson right here. Without enough laborers who know and understand the mechanics of fixing or building things, prices will increase to account for their demand.
The pendulum swings foreseeably into the future with the generations to come.
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This, exactly! This is truth! I have 2 kids, and I've already told them that I'm not spending a dime on University/College education for them. Which works out, because they don't want to go to college. They see what college kids are like today, and they don't want to be around them. Neither do I. And heck, my kids don't even want to attend primary school, presently. Which is why I homeschool them. Yes, those "required" classes...first, the department of education dumbs down our kids with common core, then parents send their kids, woefully unprepared, to college where many of them are becoming "students" for a lifetime! They don't know anything going in, and they don't learn anything going through. Now, SKILLED LABOR is the future. I'd imagine knowing how to drive a forklift, or operate an arc welder, or even wash dishes is FAR more valuable and desired by employers than a master's degree in "how to make protest posters". And, LOTS of skilled labor jobs come with benefits and a uniform. Translation: pension, healthcare, and no $$ spent on "business attire".
So, sure, everyone go ahead and make fun of the school cafeteria worker.
She'll be having the last laugh when she gets off work at 3:00 pm, and has summers off. While the "higher educated" ones work overtime and weekends. Checkmate. :)
And yes, I agree with what you’ve said as well in many ways. But it is important not to rule out the idea of needing this college education and “higher learning” for certain jobs that do pay well. Accounting or CPA positions for example I feel are one of these.
But it is certainly time to recognize the different available routes towards making a sustained lifestyle.
Good luck to you with yours, there’s always two sides to the fence with pros and cons and I have respect for all of them!
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