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Old 08-25-2022, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Carla B View Post
Now that's an interesting viewpoint and there's probably truth to it. I do wonder why in this day and age so many people feel the need for a college degree. They, and us, would be much better off monetarily if they trained to be skilled craftsmen, like electricians, plumbers and HVAC technicians. But that would require hard work.
There is significant evidence that today college (at it's current insane cost) is not cost effective and community colleges and apprenticeships are far more cost effective.