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Re:US college enrollments are falling, except for graduate d... by thordenmark on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @01:42AM (#24624478)
True. Practical hands on beats book learning by orders of magnitude. Apprenticeships need to become the norm again. It is ridiculous to get deep in college debt that will take a major portion of your wage earning years to pay back.
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Re:US college enrollments are falling, except for graduate d... by C1sc0cat on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @03:22AM (#24625000)
But there are only so many jobs that require a 3 / 4 year Apprenticeships.

And from my experience you do a fair amount of book learning too - so you can remind the "engineer" how ohms law goes :-)

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