You guys always leave out that they were basically able to do this right out of high school. They didn’t have to spend thousands on a college education to get a decent paying job that came with an amazing benefits package. Now even a bachelors seems to be not enough and jobs want a masters but only pays $30 an hour.
Public schools have been beating the “college success” drum for far too long. In California welders, electricians, plumbers all make a very livable wage. Between my wife and I we only have one two year degree, although her two year degree required four years of schooling. I have been a police officer since 2007 and my wife has been an Xray Tech since 2004. Our lawyer, teacher and engineer friends are about the only ones that have a career based on their four year degrees. Our son is a senior and was thinking about becoming a teacher. His 23yr old high school chemistry teacher talked him out of it. He said the pay and benefits are garbage. A UCLA degree and he can’t even afford to live on his own. My sister in law and her husband have a masters and doctorate in social work. Talk about a waste of an education. They borrowed money from my wife and I so they could buy a house.
Lots of people were promised lots of things for going to college and doing all their homework and then when they got out, all they had was a huge debt hanging over their heads and mediocre job prospects.
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u/silence-glaive1 18h ago
You guys always leave out that they were basically able to do this right out of high school. They didn’t have to spend thousands on a college education to get a decent paying job that came with an amazing benefits package. Now even a bachelors seems to be not enough and jobs want a masters but only pays $30 an hour.