Are black people against learning trades?
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calixprynce
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whats the difference ? whats an apprenticeship?
This call center life aint woah... Ill thinka aabout it
Lord_nikon
Veteran
also pushed down the throat of prisoners/inmates.... those dudes need to learn a trade because it will be hard ass fukk for them to use a degree and get hired (if black )
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
Here, an apprenticeship is paid schooling.
For the electrician program, you take 11 weeks of in school class, then you get paired up with a licensed electrician as his side-kick and make 40% of his salary. Each year you make more and more with the final year being like 70% and this last like 5 years. Then you get your license and can do your own thing.
calixprynce
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lol you aint neva lied breh . Gotta deal with old ass cacs cryin about Obama and why they health insurance get cancelled for non payment
ready for sumn else
I have a cousin who is a welder in texas. Makes GREAT money, owns his own home at 26 has 2 nice cars paid off no debt etc. Hes tried to put people on but they all be like "nah I'm good"
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
He did the right thing and started young. That's how you suppose to get it in. I was definitely one of "I'm good" people.
Now making good money in my 30s will be cool, but I could have been making this good ass money now in my 20s
Bruh I applied for South Suburban cuz I want to do something in the computing or straight business world but I'm not really fit for it... I'd love to take up a trade though but I really don't know about any of the trade schools out here... Any info would be a blessing fam
Guru
1995 -
An apprenticeship is basically a combination of on the job training and classroom instruction under the supervision of like a master plumber or master electrician or master HVAC while getting payed the same time and it usually last 2-5 years plus once your down a spot/job in a labor union is gifted too you. I signed up for an apprenticeship but wasn't one of the lucky ones selected since their are like 1000 applicants but only 25 people are selected...
Tenchi Ryu
Ashtray B!tch
Yep just go to that spot. Its all open registration now so all you got to do is literally walk in and get an application.
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Guru
1995 -
My friends uncle is welder in NYC and makes 45$/hour.
What I'm about to say is fukked up, but I do want to be honest. I'll use my personal experience, and then I'll talk about society view ( from my perspective).
Personally growing up I had no choice but to go to college. My mother went to college( BA, MS) and my father attended college as well ( A.A.S). So telling my parents " I want to go to trade school", is a big
to them. Is it fair? Nope. But it is the truth. My parents look at trade school like they look at for profit degrees 
not worth it. So if I told my parents I wanted to go to a trade school, it would be a huge let down for them. I remember joking about dropping out of high school and going to trade school ( just trolling my mom's) and she literally gave me the 
and the 
speech. Again, I'm just speaking on my perspective growing up; Personally speaking, I think trade schools are a respectable alternative to colleges/universities; But where I grew up, it just wouldn't work.
Also you have to factor in the environment people grew up in. I grew up in Laurelton Queens and Fresh Meadows Queens. Telling your classmates and friends I'm going to trade school instead of college is just not worth it. The reason I'm bringing my story into this, is because I feel like a lot of black people come from this same exact scenario, whether they want to admit it or not. I hope I don't come off as being too harsh, but I just want to be honest.
Secondly In NYC, college is pushed down your throat so much that anything different is looked at negatively. I went to two high schools, St Francis prep ( private), and Flushing HS ( Public); both schools pushed college heavily. It may have been different colleges, Flushing HS ( CUNY) or ST.Francis prep ( Private universities), but the mission was clear, you must go to a college. You can't even graduate from Flushing HS without filling out a college application/forum. Is it fair? Nope. But that's life. Maybe it's just a NYC mentality, but it is what it is.
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In the end I hope more people do go into trades. It would be nice to hire a black plumber or electrician.
Personally growing up I had no choice but to go to college. My mother went to college( BA, MS) and my father attended college as well ( A.A.S). So telling my parents " I want to go to trade school", is a big
to them. Is it fair? Nope. But it is the truth. My parents look at trade school like they look at for profit degrees not worth it. So if I told my parents I wanted to go to a trade school, it would be a huge let down for them. I remember joking about dropping out of high school and going to trade school ( just trolling my mom's) and she literally gave me the and the speech. Again, I'm just speaking on my perspective growing up; Personally speaking, I think trade schools are a respectable alternative to colleges/universities; But where I grew up, it just wouldn't work.Also you have to factor in the environment people grew up in. I grew up in Laurelton Queens and Fresh Meadows Queens. Telling your classmates and friends I'm going to trade school instead of college is just not worth it. The reason I'm bringing my story into this, is because I feel like a lot of black people come from this same exact scenario, whether they want to admit it or not. I hope I don't come off as being too harsh, but I just want to be honest.
Secondly In NYC, college is pushed down your throat so much that anything different is looked at negatively. I went to two high schools, St Francis prep ( private), and Flushing HS ( Public); both schools pushed college heavily. It may have been different colleges, Flushing HS ( CUNY) or ST.Francis prep ( Private universities), but the mission was clear, you must go to a college. You can't even graduate from Flushing HS without filling out a college application/forum. Is it fair? Nope. But that's life. Maybe it's just a NYC mentality, but it is what it is.
.In the end I hope more people do go into trades. It would be nice to hire a black plumber or electrician.
