josh asked: I truly feel that we have way to many ignorant college bound individuals who are aquiring a great deal a debt for college degrees that a drastically losing their value.
The degree system as I like to call it, seems SO very much overcrowded and very poorly instructed. It seems to me, many of the students are unaware of the working environment and have very little practical skills. This is something I have recently noticed because I recently finished a couple classes on campus at UAA, the rest I will finish online.
About me: I’m a first year Journeymen Electrician and I completed a 5 year apprenticeship with the union IBEW. It qualified me for enough credits that I only needed to take a handful of classes to obtain my associates. I never needed loans, as the apprenticeship doesn’t cost anything, I worked most the year and took 2 months off each year for classes. I’ve been able to put money aside in addition to purchasing a small house. (I hate throwing money into rent).
I was speaking with a student at the campus starbucks who was 56,000$ in debt and about to graduate. I was wearing my work carharts and dirty boots to class because I just got off work. It was difficult for him to understand that someone near his age, poorly dressed as myself, with no college education, makes (after my associates) 39$ / hour take-home on top of excellent benefits and retirement, which he claims is more than he could ever hope for. Now he is trying to get into the Union Apprenticeship Program and has been emailing me for advice. He’d start out at 18.50$ an hour take-home on top of benefits and retirement, coming out to be over 30$ an hour if on does the math. He said he was never aware of many of the available options after highschool and college was always pushed upon him because he was a high performer.
Why was this not a strong option pushed at him when he was graduating from highschool? If he goes the apprenticeship route, It seems to me like college was a big scam. He’ll be paying that damn loan off for the duration of his apprenticeship rather than being able to invest in a home.
What is wrong with the youth today? College campus felt like a herd of sheep all trying to jump a fence for greener pastures, all dishing out a bunch of money in mid-flight, then receiving a colored tag stamped into their ear when they landed on the other side. But there is a way to sneak under the fence as well, but not nearly as many do it. I don’t get it.
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