“So, tell me why it is worth going in debt by tens of thousands of dollars to attend college again? “
A friend has just sent his boy to a ten month training school to be a diesel mechanic. The cost? $50,000.
The Army (Navy, Marines, Air Force) provides many vocational training schools.
Jesus. I sent myself to a job on the railroad when I was 18... learned diesel mechanics, steam fitting, construction, heavy equipment operation...all the way through high finance and public relations... and they paid ME... and I put myself through Engineering School with that money. I think the 4 year B.S.M.E. cost less than 50 grand. This was in the late ‘90s.
That’s crazy. Here in LA , technical schools charge $300 average on 6 months intensive school for plumbers and electricians. They keep the costs down because everything is subsidized (no wonder the city is broke)
“A friend has just sent his boy to a ten month training school to be a diesel mechanic. The cost? $50,000.”
Holy cow! When I went to vocational school (electronics) in the ‘80s, it cost $30/quarter plus books. I made a very good living with that education. My midlife crisis lured me into culinary school, which ran about $30K plus books for 18 months. The good news is your friend’s son will probably be imminently more employable than someone with a $240k liberal arts degree. Still be a while paying off those loans though.
A friend has just sent his boy to a ten month training school to be a diesel mechanic. The cost? $50,000.
The best part is that he would be paid while training and for the next few years.
Back in my day (the 50’s and 60’s) we built our own hot rods and learned from the school of hard knocks how to be a good engine mechanic without the need to go to a $50K technical school.
He will be paying that back far quicker than any college graduate, and well on his way to a stable career.