It means the Federal government will now be helping to hasten the already ongoing decline of non-STEM higher education (and could also somewhat impact the T in STEM). It's genuinely good news.
Non-stem classical education is a good thing. It generally should be reserved for the affluent (or be done part time), since it doesn’t help you get a job. But it shoukd exist. Faggot studies of course does not count as classical liberal arts.
Sure, I didn't say it shouldn't exist. But in it's current overall form and state it needs to decline. Which I suspect will result in a lot of the garbage being pared away.
I switched to the trades a couple years ago but picked carpentry, the least valuable one, or so it seems. Fortunately, I've landed a pretty damn good job, but I'm already close to my ceiling. I've been seriously thinking about going to apprentice in welding or plumbing, but that initial pay cut is pretty substantial. And being mid-30's, I've always wanted my own business, and I don't know if I have enough time to learn enough about plumbing to go on my own in this timespan. Any thoughts? A switch within the trades to something like welding worthwhile in the long run?
Become a welding inspector. It's something I've always wanted to do. Learning to weld, itself, isn't that hard. You apprentice to learn all the other bullshit that goes with it, like blueprint reading.
Look into being a welding inspector, though. You'd essentially go around a job site and inspect welds, as the name implies. If they've done it wrong, you log it and have them grind it out and do it again. There's like a three day testing thing every year, check it out. Buy the materials, learn it, go test. You'll make more than welders if you get in the right place.
Apprenticing with a union just isn't worth it these days. The one here in central Alabama struggles to find work. And when they do, it ain't the new guys getting it.
It means the Federal government will now be helping to hasten the already ongoing decline of non-STEM higher education (and could also somewhat impact the T in STEM). It's genuinely good news.
Non-stem classical education is a good thing. It generally should be reserved for the affluent (or be done part time), since it doesn’t help you get a job. But it shoukd exist. Faggot studies of course does not count as classical liberal arts.
Classical Education in the manner in which you describe no longer exists at any university except Hillsdale.
Not to mention - that shit is all stuff that you can just read on your own.
I was once an English major in college. Imagine paying someone thousands of dollars to read books and talk about then. Holy moly.
Sure, I didn't say it shouldn't exist. But in it's current overall form and state it needs to decline. Which I suspect will result in a lot of the garbage being pared away.
Hopefully it impacts the T in young males.
I have a T degree. Industrial Technology. My ideal field is consultancy for construction and engineering, but I do all types of welding and machining.
I currently work as an optician. Too many imported folks that will weld and machine for minimum wage.
I switched to the trades a couple years ago but picked carpentry, the least valuable one, or so it seems. Fortunately, I've landed a pretty damn good job, but I'm already close to my ceiling. I've been seriously thinking about going to apprentice in welding or plumbing, but that initial pay cut is pretty substantial. And being mid-30's, I've always wanted my own business, and I don't know if I have enough time to learn enough about plumbing to go on my own in this timespan. Any thoughts? A switch within the trades to something like welding worthwhile in the long run?
Become a welding inspector. It's something I've always wanted to do. Learning to weld, itself, isn't that hard. You apprentice to learn all the other bullshit that goes with it, like blueprint reading.
Look into being a welding inspector, though. You'd essentially go around a job site and inspect welds, as the name implies. If they've done it wrong, you log it and have them grind it out and do it again. There's like a three day testing thing every year, check it out. Buy the materials, learn it, go test. You'll make more than welders if you get in the right place.
Apprenticing with a union just isn't worth it these days. The one here in central Alabama struggles to find work. And when they do, it ain't the new guys getting it.