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comment by Swag
Swag  ·  3828 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Education and poverty, again

While we don't have the vocational structure that other countries have, we have a pretty decent one. I have a couple of friends who decided to become aircraft mechanics after highschool and they are doing pretty well. They attended a 2ish year program and almost all of them had jobs right after graduating. I think the issue is that people often look down on these programs and think that they aren't as good as going to college, which sucks because my friends are making really good money and they really enjoy working in that industry.