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Years ago I recall talking to a plumbing apprentice. I asked him why he choose that program. He said that even in a construction downturn a plumber is an in-demand trade.
Yes, indeed I cheated on my English classes. Second language speaker! Sorry about that.I guess you skipped the English classes? You've misspelled college twice now.
The English language is one thing I am still learning and I don't think I will ever finish that.that's okay, he can learn and excel at anything. I'm confident he will figure this out.
The English language is one thing I am still learning and I don't think I will ever finish that.
As the proud parents of an absolutely awesome nurse practitioner son, DW & I thank you for that recognition.
The English language is one thing I am still learning and I don't think I will ever finish that.
join the military, go to A/C school, and then either mature and go to college or get out and work in aerospace industry / Cyber etc etc ..... I'm a perfect example !!!!!!!!!
That's cool.we are just ribbing you bro!
, I was pushing her into nursing where one can start around her at $50 -$70K, but she "didn't like the sight of blood". Good thing she wasn't my daughter.
We have four, yes four, major hospitals and health centers within a 2 mile radius of this place and they are screaming for qualified nurses.
So the other college thread got me thinking. It seems the prevailing mantra here is, we'll pay as long as you pick a major that is "profitable".
Maybe it's because neither one of my kids are engineer material that I ask a very simple question and I admit I take it personal when someone says "Im not wasting money on a kid that has a psychology degree"
What happens to the millions of kids that are not computer geeks or engineers?
Do we simply say, tough tookies kiddo, should have picked a better major? and exactly how does one force their kid to be good at say computer science? If we pay one kids tuition but don't like the other kids major, again do we without financial support?
lol my youngest son graduated with a communications degree and is working for the Univ of Penn. my oldest lol is a plumber/pipefitter with the city of philly and will probably make more money then all his friends.
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I beg to differ.People who write code are programmers, not engineers. While there are some legitimate software engineers, most of the people in IT who call themselves engineers, aren't. Most real engineers are civil, like my daughter, mechanical, electrical or chemical, like me and my son. There, now I feel all better!
Most universities require at least a couple of years of a foreign language. Better a language that they might use than one that they would forget. In our country, Spanish is second to English but in the eastern US along the Canadian border French is more commonly used than Spanish. On the west coast, other than Spanish, Mandarin is spoken but rarely by those who did not learn it at their mother's knee.
Many small business owners started as a tradesman and worked into owning their own business.
I F.IR.E.D last year with 2.5M+ with no college degree and in my mid 50's. All I knew was how to fix things and deal with people. Worked in the same trade all my life and was an "engineer" without a degree before owning my own show.
Drive and intellect will trump a degree at the end of the day.
He who can work with his hands will never go hungry.
Someone is listening to Mike Rowe, finally.There's a big push in our area for skilled trades - plumbers, electricians, appliance repair, home building, carpentry, HVAC etc.
The pay has jumped considerably, because there's such a lack of qualified employees. It's a perfect storm for folks to jump in and learn a trade.
Our high schools are bringing back training for chefs, auto repair and other hands on skills. People are realizing not everyone is college material.
My neice nurse picked up an intensive care specialization after RN and is now a twenty something that can pick up a $800 double overtime shift whenever she wants. Has already travelled half the world on own dime.
Teamed up with over achiever government engineer plus house and car flipper boyfriend, accelerating the fun. They crunched some numbers and are about to set off on year long round world tour before having kids.