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Re:Why I’m Giving $1.8B for College Financial Aid by chiefalchemist on Sunday November 18, 2018 @07:34PM (#18483361)
It's not that they're not qualified. They're just not college material __and__ there's not enough mid / highend jobs for them. At the same time, the trades are hurting for good people. But the entitled are too good to be fully employed. They'd rather taken on debt.

Given where AI is headed the higher edu route is not going to improve. Yet BHO, who knows better, kept beating the "higher edu for all" drum.

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Re:Why I’m Giving $1.8B for College Financial Aid by lotsofpulp on Sunday November 18, 2018 @09:22PM (#18483767)
They're not entitled, they’re just not being compensated enough to do labor which has quite a bit of negative effects on your health and quality of life compared to office jobs.

Once you see people opting for the trades, then you will know they are getting proper compensation.

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Re:Why I’m Giving $1.8B for College Financial Aid by chiefalchemist on Monday November 19, 2018 @07:29AM (#18485908)
The trades aren't __that__ dangerous. Certainly not any more dangerous than sitting at a desk all day, stressed out, and putting on 30 - 50+ lbs. That sedentary lifestyle will kill you.
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Re:Why I’m Giving $1.8B for College Financial Aid by michaelt on Monday November 19, 2018 @08:54AM (#18486379)
If you think being an office worker is more dangerous than being a roofer or a logger or a farmer, I can tell you I've just checked the statistics and actually such jobs are comparatively more dangerous.
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