[BBell]

I've been saying for years now that we need to encourage more people to go into the trades. There are a lot of young people out there who very bright and mechanically inclined but academically declined and what do schools do? They tell them they have to go to college so they can stare at a cubicle wall all day instead of using their God given talents to the best of their ability's. Not all bright kids are college material.

[autumnraine]

“Not all bright kids are college material.”

You said it!!

We have this attitude of academia for everyone makes a successful country and I don’t think so! Not every person is an office dweller and thrives in that environment. But they want to make it out that a person is a failure if they don’t come out like carbon copies of each other.

[RobbyS]

Fewer and fewer boys are going to college which sugests that high school and college studies have been “feminized” in subtle ways that give an advantage to girls and make classes less appealing to boys. Hopefully, these guys will find alternatives paths.