Quote:Finally, addressing your third point, you don't "separate out" kids destined for higher education vs. those going on a trade path.

Why not it's what we eventually do anyway. Let's face it by the time they're in high school it becomes pretty obvious which ones are going to get colleges degrees and which ones need a trade. Heck most of the guys I knew growing up, myself included would be 100 times better off if we'd spent the last 2 years of school learning a trade. I was never going to be an engineer, lawyer or doctor.


I'm all for pushing kids into a trade school or training we need more skilled laborers anyways. Instead we graduate 18 years olds that have no business being in college but have no skills to earn a living and face adult life expenses. The kids screwed unless they luck out and someone says hey come learn how to build this or fix this.

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