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College is not for everyone.

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  • MikM Away
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    Mik
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    https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/money-report/meet-the-gen-zers-skipping-college-to-take-blue-collar-jobs-and-launch-trade-businesses-one-of-the-smartest-decisions-i-ever-made/5746996/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_NYBrand

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      Good, the labor market economy is correcting itself. We can use more tradespeople.

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      • MikM Away
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        Mik
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        Yep. Resources follow opportunity.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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          Aqua Letifer
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          Smart.

          Please love yourself.

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          • jon-nycJ Offline
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            I for one have no interest in going to college.

            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
            -Cormac McCarthy

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            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

              I for one have no interest in going to college.

              MikM Away
              MikM Away
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              @jon-nyc said in College is not for everyone.:

              I for one have no interest in going to college.

              Jon, you are just not thinking this through.

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              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • jon-nycJ Offline
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                That’s a point.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                  That’s a point.

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                  @jon-nyc said in College is not for everyone.:

                  That’s a point.

                  4 of them. 5 if you include your own.

                  The Brad

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                  • LuFins DadL Offline
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                    But remember, you can be a “liberal arts major” and meet these girls at a cost of $30K a year, or you could be a plumber that’s making money to meet lonely housewives…

                    The Brad

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                      They’d cost me a helluva lot more than 30k per year.

                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                      • MikM Away
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                        Lonely housewives. It'll be fun, you said.... what could go wrong, you said....

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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