Re:A CNN Viewer Has Questions for Mike Rowe
by taeric on Saturday December 07, 2013 @08:51PM
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My guess is that the ages of the people involved in many of these situations is a touch higher than 18. Also, beware considerations of the past. In the past, larger percentages of the population died before hitting 15 years of age.
Re:A CNN Viewer Has Questions for Mike Rowe
by Crito on Sunday December 08, 2013 @02:41PM
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Yes, most unemployed people are probably much older than 18. However most people making the decision to go to college, or go into various trades, are 18 or younger. That seems to be the age bracket Mike Rowe is primarily talking about.
Re:A CNN Viewer Has Questions for Mike Rowe
by taeric on Monday December 09, 2013 @06:07AM
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The specific example was about a large influx of trainees into post Katrina Louisiana. That is the scenario I was mainly talking about.
The general point about kids not necessarily needing to go to college, I 100% agree with. Though, all of the numbers I've ever been shown do paint a picture that statistically you are better off doing so than not.
Maybe we're all fatter, but if we are talking about 18 year olds getting into a physically demanding job, that should be far less of an issue (less of an issue as it would be for, say, a 35 year old, who has had 17 more years of their body decaying and 17 more years of eating too much).