I graduated from Orchard Park, NY public high school in 1981.
There is no specific vo-tech school in my district, but shop, auto repair, woodworking, cosmetology, culinary arts and several others are offered at 2 of the 4 high schools. The other 2 schools are on islands and have very small student bodies, so those kids come to the mainland for their classes.
One of the projects one of the classes is working on this semester is building a new storage building for my church. The barber/cosmetology classes also offer haircuts once a month to the community. The kids earn money and get hands on experience.
That’s before I was born.
Yeah, figures people would be looked down upon for not going to college. The way I see it though, I equate the value of education to the places our legislators go. If the so-called “best” institutions of higher learning have been churning out Communists for so long, then what is the value of an Ivy League education, when so many stupid people come out of those universities? Better off going to a trade school, and having a job right after, so you can pay that off, while still putting something aside for yourself?
If it was me, anyway, my priority would be paying it off as soon as possible, instead of over a few years.
I”ll bet you know some of my in-laws who also went there ....... last name Glaub ring a bell?