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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
We were doing that. And then, just over a year before spouse was going to retire from a mostly-obsolete skilled labor job he'd been doing for over 40 years, his company shut down the department. He was out of work, with zero income, and not old enough yet for social security. The mortgage company continued needing their payments. We put the house on the market, and it wasn't until a year later that it finally sold.
We had almost nothing left, at that point.
And, 35 years prior, neither of us was earning enough to put away $200/month. People with high-paying jobs are completely oblivious to what people with modest incomes have to go through in life.
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We went through life with modest income and children and no college education, (that may have been our saving grace..).
What they need to teach kids in high school along with the STEM programs, is how to operate a saw, drill, wrecking bar, evaluate homes which may have lead or asbestos isuues, operate and use a tape measure, level, how to use a paint brush, how to tear out a wall and whether that wall is a support wall, how to load a dumpster, shingle, paint.. the list is large. I should add how to operate a sewing machine, mend, hem, gardening, etc.
DUMP the sports programs and get them out of the schools. They should be separate entities and the bill not footed by the public. They are so far out of whack at this point with costs and demands that educations is on standby when it comes to funding.
Colleges are turning out degreed students that can't even manage a budget and no life skills.