setab said:Again, I cannot disagree with that, and, therefore, must agree. Also, all I'm saying is that college is a time to explore and learn...about lots of different things. When you really examine a lot of the course work, it is pretty theoretical and pie in the sky stuff. You really learn how to make a living when you get out and do it.
As for those statistics...I'm not certain they are a fair measure of anything. They include in the non college group the large mass of people who never intended to further their skills and/or education and never planned to do anything to get higher paying jobs. All I know is I did tax returns for a lot of trucki drivers when I was in private practice and almost all of them made more than I did. But, maybe that was more a reflection on me than them.
Depends on where you practice law. A lot of lawyers just don't earn that much money. It's a little secret that nobody ever talks about.
A lot of truck drivers also don't make that much money. Many of them also find the lifestyle disagreeable for obvious reasons. But I also mentioned above, if you don't want to get a career-oriented degree, then go to trade school/community college. Go to a truck driving school, get certified and licensed, and drive trucks. Hope it works and you don't end up like my buddies that did that and are now back to delivering furniture, changing oil, and/or ringing up customers at the retail establishment of the month.
Nobody said you can't read Locke, Descartes, Rousseau, Kant, Aristotle, Plato and Nietze on the sly while you're in truck driving school.
I see your point about the stuff that is taught in college being theoretical in nature and your career is mostly on the job training. True enough for many degrees. But if you get a career-oriented degree, that is your meal ticket. It gets you in the door.