More Gen Zers choosing non-traditional routes after high school graduation
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Published 2024-05-03
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In the 90's, high school counselors HEAVILY pushed everyone to college. My friend decided to go to trade school, and his counselor told him he was "throwing his life away". He now makes more money than most of our classmates.
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Oh no, how dare Gen Z learn from the previous generations and not drink the Kool aid about going to college. The audacity of these whipper snappers...
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Good. We need mechanics, plumbers, electricians, etc…
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Mark Cuban once said the day we ban student loans is the day that the cost of tuition will go down.
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It’s sad that school is so expensive because we’re going start having shortages of teachers, doctors, nurses ext because no one can afford to go to School .
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The only reason you go to college is to use expensive equipment to educate yourself; magnetic resonance imaging scanner, wind tunnels, super computers, electron microscopes, anechoic chambers, rare chemicals etc. If you are just going to college to read books, writing papers, you can do it over the internet.
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Not everyone is meant to use their hands, just like not everyone is meant to work in an office. Find out what you like and go from there. It’s a pretty simple decision in my opinion
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bring shop class back to high schools
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Colleges are only worth it if you're pursuing something with high pay potential, like a lawyer or doctor. You can still go to college... but play your part accordingly
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As a millennial that paid 40,000 dollars for a college degree I don’t use, I agree with this.
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And someone with 3 degrees, I support Gen Z. I do well financially, but the cost is astronomical and I’m hustling to pay off my student debt. I’m going to encourage my child to go to trade school or community college, then have his employer pay for his bachelors if he decides to pursue a 4-year degree.
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My family pushed College on me, but I refused. I wanted to cook. I wanted to create.
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I regret not becoming a pilot, while I have a decent career now. I spent all my time to paying off debt anyway
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College is such a scam I dont blame these kids going a different route i went to college and took on massive debt finally paid it all back after 6 years but it was a struggle finding a job right after i graduate
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College, a waste of 4 years learning about useless classes that are not relevant to your career.
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I wished i went to trade school before jumping straight to college. Imagine you get your trade license while completing credits to get your associates degree. By time you transfer to a university, you’ll just have 2 years to complete and you can pay your way through school using pell grants and your trade job. Damn lol
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there are bootcamps and certifications as well
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Why do people act like this is a new thing? If you’ve ever gone to get your car fixed and there was a human there at the shop, they probably went to a trade school. Or, if you’ve ever called a plumber for a leak, and someone came over and fixed it, they went to a trade school. Going to a 4 year university after HS is a recent thing, not a traditional thing. There have always been plenty of people that didnt go.
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There are so many ways to go. The most important thing is to make a plan and write out what you need to do to get to the end goal.
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20 years later “more kids ditching trade schools for college”
