walkintalkintrainwreck:xantissa:Poland has the same problem. Trade schools became ‘shameful’ and fel
walkintalkintrainwreck:xantissa:Poland has the same problem. Trade schools became ‘shameful’ and fell out of favor. Now, good luck finding a good electrician.So I wanna provide some clarity. The issue isn’t just “no one’s promoting trade schools” it’s also no one was/is hiring. My sister learned a few trades in high school and was telling me how a professional basically told them that the people in those jobs stay in those jobs for decades, but they’re getting older so now’s a good time to enter the field.So basically, the reason trade schools stopped being promoted was because those jobs were already filled. And because those jobs were filled it was tough for any young person to get into them so of course, people stopped going to trade schools. But now, a bunch of older workers are gonna retire, but there aren’t enough people to replace them so if you’re young and academia isn’t for you, now is a great time to go to a trade school. -- source link