Why Aren't 'TRADES' Pushed To High School Students? (Like College Is)

[SirReginald]

I was having this talk with my mother earlier today. Yeah, I know the answer, but I wanted to make this a topic.


Why is it that professionals from the trades don't give lectures to these high school students. In my opinion that's some sad shyt because NOT every student is college material or cut out for it. If I could go back (smartest kid in my class) I would have taken my A+ cert in my senior year. However, because I didn't know I was bamboozled too. Now, I'm not knocking college at all. Still, trades are just as good. Hell, I took a trade. This year, I earned two certifications (couldn't make it to graduation doe).

Point is, you can make just as much money with trades too. My uncle is a welder and makes bank. I have a couple fam that does HVAC/Electrical work.

Trades need to be pushed to these kids who ain't doing college. I'm still prepping for my cert I'm taking next year. Took the class and passed (A+). Figured PT wasn't for me, but I learned a lot.

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

TRADES WERE SEEN AS THE BACKUP PLAN FOR KIDS WHO WEREN'T COLLEGE BOUND.

 

[Daio]

Vocational Technical high schools offer those trade skills.

Construction
Mechanical
Agricultural

 

[Standing on business]

You aren’t doing either so what does it matter to you



You’re speaking highly of trades but yet you have a job coach for fast food jobs

 

[SirReginald]

TRADES WERE SEEN AS THE BACKUP PLAN FOR KIDS WHO WEREN'T COLLEGE BOUND.

Here's the thing though, I.T., and certain jobs in healthcare are trades too. I hate that it's pushed as a backup plan because those can also be good career paths.

 

[TinFoilSnapBack]

TRADES WERE SEEN AS THE BACKUP PLAN FOR KIDS WHO WEREN'T COLLEGE BOUND.

...to build on this point, college became a status symbol that everyone wanted, and with student loans, everyone could get it.

 

[SirReginald]

You aren’t doing either so what does it matter to you



You’re speaking highly of trades but yet you have a job coach for fast food jobs

Eat a dikk dude. If you have nothing to contribute then bounce.

 

[Azul]

Vocational Technical high schools offer those trade skills.

Construction
Mechanical
Agricultural

VOC schools were decimated in NYC

 

[SirReginald]

Vocational Technical high schools offer those trade skills.

Construction
Mechanical
Agricultural

I've heard of those schools, but the average highschool isn't pushing that.

 

[ba'al]

They had at my high school. Ya'll nikkas need to step ya'll highschool district game up. We had the options to go to Technical schools along with our highschool classes. Also, it was some classes that offered certifications already in the HS I actually learned photoshop in HS and became certified in it.

 

[ba'al]

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Trades were taught in high school prior to the 90s, definitely prior to the 80s. I'm not sure why it stopped. But I guess for the same reason civics and home economics aren't taught either.

 

[NinoBrown]

Demonization of the blue-collar working since the 70s. Trades are "dirty" and not cool enough, but college, no matter the major is automatically greater....

College degree or apprenticeship, you still have to hustle to make it post-9/11

 

[O.T.I.S.]

College is basically a status symbol but what I'm learning now is that a degree is what they require to gauge your dedication.

Basically, it's can you stick with some bullshyt....



I think college is full of shyt but even in IT it's a way to prove your worth. Unless you just got a lot of certs...

Which is why that 6 cert bullshyt we joke about is actually real for attaining a 6 figure job at least. Degrees could help offset that though.


I'm all for trade schools though for starting, maybe for chilling too, and you can make bank. But to progress further you either need hella certs, exclusive experience, a clearance, or a degree.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Because there's not nearly as much money to be milked off young people going to trade schools..