12-07-2015, 10:47 AM
I am not a paragon of life choices, but I'm rally in favor of job skills training in-lieu of traditional college.
I LOVE college, because I love learning for the sake of learning. I read text books about bee keeping for leisure. Being in a place where I can gather esoteric and mostly useless knowledge is awesome for me, and I believe it to be a noble pursuit.
That said, I would have no illusions about college directly leading to employment. You need a degree to flip fucking burgers in this day and age, but its quickly becoming a moot point. The amount of money you end up paying for college it's... grotesque, at least in the states, and it's not rally WORTH it if you end up answering phones for $10/hr.
So I suggest job training. Mechanics, welding, air traffic control. There are even some college chooses that directly lead to employment, like nursing and SOME education courses.
tl;dr: Get vocational training over college for work, but still go to college to make yourself a better person. It can probably wait though.
I LOVE college, because I love learning for the sake of learning. I read text books about bee keeping for leisure. Being in a place where I can gather esoteric and mostly useless knowledge is awesome for me, and I believe it to be a noble pursuit.
That said, I would have no illusions about college directly leading to employment. You need a degree to flip fucking burgers in this day and age, but its quickly becoming a moot point. The amount of money you end up paying for college it's... grotesque, at least in the states, and it's not rally WORTH it if you end up answering phones for $10/hr.
So I suggest job training. Mechanics, welding, air traffic control. There are even some college chooses that directly lead to employment, like nursing and SOME education courses.
tl;dr: Get vocational training over college for work, but still go to college to make yourself a better person. It can probably wait though.