The supply of college degrees exceeds demand. Student loan debt is at an all time high. Students graduate 100k in debt with interest accruing – in most cases – for a degree that pays 30-40k per year if they can even get that. The cost of living is so high today these loans stay with them for life.
Nothing is taught in colleges about one of the most important things in life – making money. When the subject of entrepreneurship is taught, in most cases, it’s taught by college professor who has never started or run a business in the real world.
Trade school jobs and niche jobs are now almost totally overlooked. Why? These are the jobs with the highest demand. A helicopter pilot pays 80k per year – so why not go to helicopter pilot school? A deep sea diver pays 60k per year. Why not do that? What about a Yacht mechanic? That’s about 70k per year. Manufacturing plant inspector? The list goes on an on. These are all occupations you don’t need to shackle yourself to a lifetime of debt for.
Why follow the crowd? I don’t get it. Parents continue to parrot this outdated advise without a clue the world around them as drastically changed. Oh yes Mom and Dad. Tell your son or daughter to waste 4 years in college racking up 100k in debt to compete with 500 applicants with business degrees for a 40k per year job working for someone else – under their control – 50 hours per week and 4 months for free to pay taxes to the government?
And parents think this is security? I don’t get it.
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Why Do Parents Continue To Tell Their Kids To “go To College So You Can Get A Good Job”?
Posted on December 20, 2010.
lol, fine, dont go to college, no sweat off my back. less competition too 😉
Trade schools are usually looked down upon.
Because McDonalds is so much better
Yeah I didn’t read that..
Alright so i guess I won’t be seeing you at all the hot college parties and when we’re applying for the same job someday, and I get it since I went to college and you didn’t don’t be surprised ;D
so they can be successfull(: duhh
I agree with you, but maybe I don’t want to be a yacht mechanic or a manufacturing plant inspector…so I think I’ll just go to college to open up more doors of more jobs, because the jobs I want look for a college degree.
So where are you getting all of this information from?
But yeah I see where you are coming from…I mean what’s the point of going to college when there is a HUGE need for helicopter pilots!? And yeah I looked in the wanted ads but I saw nothing for a “deep sea diver” haha wtf. And the last thing I would want to do without being specially trained in is deep sea diving.
AND most colleges don’.t cost 25k per year sooo
I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather be the one who others work for instead of being at the bottom, like the ones who will have to repair my yacht.
What if they wanted to do a job because they just loved doing it? Ever thought about how money might not come into the equation?
Also if you become a doctor, and choose a high paying specialty like Neurosurgery, you can pay off your student loans in a couple of months!