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Yeah, but from career politicians POV: we want liberal arts. STEM or trade skills.... that is risky. They may want a smaller gov. So no way politics will go this way. For example, the Dirty Jobs guy? His video is banned by Google. True.
Yeah, but from career politicians POV: we want liberal arts. STEM or trade skills.... that is risky. They may want a smaller gov. So no way politics will go this way. For example, the Dirty Jobs guy? His video is banned by Google. True.
Any source on Dirty Jobs dude and Google ban? Never heard about it.
Remove the social stigma of not going to college. Hardly any tv shows that show young non college grads as positive.
>Remove the social stigma of not going to college. Hardly any tv shows that show young non college grads as positive. Or just make college useful and accessible. Give people the option of a European style undergrad where there is no liberal arts breadth, only technical courses. If we had accredited colleges doing 3 year bachelor degrees in STEM, the system would be much more efficient.
Edit: No amount of downvoting will change that taking a classes in african interpretive dace department that satisfy the "cultural enrichment criteria" needed to graduate is a waste of money. Money spent on fluff and money that will need to be paid back.
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Agreed+. This is anecdotal, but I tried recently to get roof repairs made in CA for a rental home I own. I called 20+ roofers none of whom are taking new projects. I was able to get one quote from a friend of friend for over $1k for about 4 hours of work -- but he made no commitment. Plumbers, AC guys, roofers are in incredible demand in CA - need an electrician? forget it. These guys all own their own companies, dri…
That sounds odd. Why don't roofers increase their fees until supply matches demand?
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Upward mobility is a lie. There are tons of studies and books on this - Thomas Piketty might be one.
That’s a pretty absurd thing to say so matter of factly. 62% of US billionaires are self made [1]. Many of us tech workers have experienced incredible upward mobility. 1. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/269593
Most.
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There is still a stigma... The difference is that you have to be kinda smart to even get into Highschool first. Otherwise you basically have no other options than to do an apprenticeship or a trade school after middle school.
> Otherwise you basically have no other options than to do an apprenticeship or a trade school after middle school. Which is much better than doing nothing at all, or going for some useless degree in college that will take you to debt. Not everyone is smart, I am one of those people (pretty dumb), it is fine.
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Agreed+. This is anecdotal, but I tried recently to get roof repairs made in CA for a rental home I own. I called 20+ roofers none of whom are taking new projects. I was able to get one quote from a friend of friend for over $1k for about 4 hours of work -- but he made no commitment. Plumbers, AC guys, roofers are in incredible demand in CA - need an electrician? forget it. These guys all own their own companies, dri…
That sounds odd. Why don't roofers increase their fees until supply matches demand?
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Sudbury and Montessori schools offer a model that seems to encourage students to learn at their own pace Provides a positive feedback loop that seemed to have positive results in the real world as well
My children are in a Montessori school. There is no evidence that children from most 'alternative' teaching systems do better or worse than those in 'regular' schools. My children like the school and it's conveniently located, so we have no intention of changing; but it's not the teaching system that makes or breaks a student (well, the more loony systems like Steiner schools have documented worse outcomes than other…
There is no evidence that children from most 'alternative'
teaching systems do better or worse than those in
'regular' schools.
I reacted strongly and positively to the headline of this piece...and even more positively to the article. Apprenticeship was once considered more important than academic degrees in many areas. The balance has gone too far towards academia, and blue collar 'workers' don't get nearly enough respect IMO
I generally agree with you, but I'm always hesitant when I hear the word "apprenticeship." Because in my experience that usually means a union is stopping less experienced workers from undercutting their prices on the open market by forcing the less experienced worker to pay the union for the privilege of doing work. In this way it functions similarly to the way the college scheme works, only the college scheme is fo…
Meaning they should teach you a solid but generic base of skills. And not just let you do manual labour that doesn't require much skill.
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That sounds odd. Why don't roofers increase their fees until supply matches demand?
They are, in most regards. In most places in the US the cost of reroofing a house has doubled or tripled in the last decade.