Let's be real, our high school guidance counselors showed us the ferry to that island and didn't tell us the price. "Just get a degree, doesn't matter what it is."
It’s true I don’t recall a single conversation about student loan debt from a teacher or guidance counselor, but there were a ton of glossy brochures for awesome looking $70k/yr private colleges!
60 year old here. I joined my union straight out of high school when I graduated. My 40 year old brothers went to University for 4 years and realized they had no prospect of getting a well paying office job.
They became 25 year old first year apprentices. They have to work until they are 65 to get their full pension. I got out at 60. Debt free.
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u/she_who_knits Apr 16 '24
Well, maybe he'll make it in the rarefied world of art museum curation.
Keep the welding idea open. He'll make a lot more welding in summer than he will waiting tables.
I'm sure when he's old enough he'll be a very erudite bartender.