3/5s of the stuff I learnt is not applicable to any job I've ever had. Maybe even 3/4s.

Best option for a lot of kids.

For them, I am stunned by the anti-intellectualism today.

you suggesting some young people that want to learn a trade makes them anti intellectual? I hope not. My husband worked as an electronic tech in the Air Force and also for the postal service. He is far from being anti intellectual. One of the smartest and kindest men I have ever met in my nearly 70 years.

And the money is good, too.

I've been having a hard time finding anyone who knows how to do anything, other than old-timers too decrepit to do it; so I'll be glad if there re more young people with IRL skills.

On the other hand, I found my own college edu. as an English Lit. major invaluable!

Get a skill that pays the bills.

Think about going on to that 4 year degree later.

Part time skilled work will pay one hell of a lot better than part time unskilled work if someone decides to go back to school full time. The less debt there is at graduaion, the better.

and work for 10 years you can retire at 30-35 with millions. The big names are known before they're big names. In the 1990s you bought Microsoft, Apple, Intel but had to dodge the tech crash 2001. In 2009 Amazon. Now you bet on AI. Somebody's going to make a lot of money. And it can be household names, too. Lilly was $60-90 6 years ago. Now past $700. META $88 in 2022, now $500. Wall Street doesn't want you to know.