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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
When a person graduates from high school, my advice to them is to go to college and get a 4-year degree. Anyone can get a degree, even those who are not very intelligent. And with proper planning, you don't need to go deeply into debt. But recently, some people are promoting the idea to skip college and to learn a trade, like welding or plumbing. It is interesting that most of these people already have college degrees, like Mike Rowe, who is always promoting trade schools. I don't have anything against Mike Rowe, but he has a net worth of $30 million, that he didn't earn by being a welder. With a college degree, you will always have more opportunities to get a higher paying job, that does not require hard work, than someone with no degree. Just my opinion.
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Problem today is the cost (government backed loans resulted in my alma mater going from 9,000 to 47,000 a year), and what is being taught. Forty years ago the non core courses offered would be business ethics, philosophy, negotiations and unions. Today it is gender studies. We were taught from grade school that the color of a persons skin or the accent they had did not matter. Today we have black graduation, gay prom, minority study hall, indigenous food hall. I agree that College was a great opportunity to sharpen your skills and knowledge while granting a few more years to mature. Today it is a way to be bombarded with socialist theory and run up a high bill.