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Originally Posted by jspchief
They try and tell some meathead that's barely eeking out a C- average that he needs to spend 20-30k on college, when the reality is they should be pointing him to trade school or setting him up with a work program.
People look at accepting a job in construction as accepting failure. So you rarely get someone who's driven to make a successful career from it. Instead, you get the guy that will do it until one Friday when he wakes up and decides it sucks too much, and moves on to his next job that he'll hold down for 6 months to a year.
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To be fair at my HS there was a lot of "selling" of what seemed like really strong votech programs. There was this place that they did all of those classes at and the whole school at one point during your sophmore year would take a tour of it.
There is a lot of intrest amongst people I know in construction managment and things of that nature but overall your main point is very valid.
I can only speak from my HS experience but I think its valid more so from the kid's perspective on it and less on the school's role.