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To: pepsionice; All

Which brings us to my other question. Why are our education systems failing to provide the kind of education and training that are needed for basic jobs? Then there would be less excuse for encouraging illegal immigration. It seems the current focus including the Trump education secretary are only focused on the college path.


27 posted on 03/15/2019 11:24:28 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

Our education system has a sales ‘pitch’. If you go and get the college education, you will get this fantastic path to success and great pay.

I would suggest that formula was probably true from the 1950s to the 1990s. However, once we crossed the line where you were incurring $50,000 to $200,000 in debt...the formula ‘broke’. You would now be better off to go off to HVAC courses, get three or four certificates, and find yourself by age 40 making $45k to $60k a year which is the same take-home that a college-degree teacher would clear after taxes and college loan debt payback.


28 posted on 03/15/2019 11:44:23 AM PDT by pepsionice
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