What would you do? (Ivy, skill, degrees, high school)
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Suppose you have a newly-minted HS graduate, a good student with a lot of potential; certainly would appear to be college-bound, and to a good school ( not necessarily IVY, but good nonetheless)..
Suddenly, he's offered an opportunity with a local company/organization to learn a skill/trade, etc, that would be much in demand for the future, with job progression and security, along with professional growth. The company is willing to train such a prospect, and he/she'll start with a salary in the 40s, with steady growth predicted for the future.
Should he/she still go on to college, or should he take this opportunity?
( assume the the HS grad is not interested in medicine or law)
I would take the trade school option .Job prospect,training and a career indemand are all plus for me .The college degree can always be earned later if the person wants .
Assuming he isn't interested in a high demand, high paying degree, I would probably go the trade school route. There are plenty of kids graduating college hoping for $12 an hour jobs. There are also plenty of law school grads wishing they could get any kind of job starting at 40K a year. He can always go to college later in life.
Suppose you have a newly-minted HS graduate, a good student with a lot of potential; certainly would appear to be college-bound, and to a good school ( not necessarily IVY, but good nonetheless)..
Suddenly, he's offered an opportunity with a local company/organization to learn a skill/trade, etc, that would be much in demand for the future, with job progression and security, along with professional growth. The company is willing to train such a prospect, and he/she'll start with a salary in the 40s, with steady growth predicted for the future.
Should he/she still go on to college, or should he take this opportunity?
( assume the the HS grad is not interested in medicine or law)
I would go with the trade school option, too (and I even have a master's degree ). Seriously, it sounds like a good opportunity that shouldn't be wasted. You can always go back and get a liberal arts education in a few years.
Like the others have said, go to the trade school route. If he wants to go to college later on, he can. But if a company has already said they want to train him to do something and can make him employable, then I say do it.
I don't understand why society in the United States is so determinded to get everyone into college.
Is the company offering the training charging him a lot of money for the training? Do they guarantee him a 40k/year job? If the answer is no to the first and yes to the second then I would definitely do that. But really, it sounds almost too good to be true.
Suppose you have a newly-minted HS graduate, a good student with a lot of potential; certainly would appear to be college-bound, and to a good school ( not necessarily IVY, but good nonetheless)..
Suddenly, he's offered an opportunity with a local company/organization to learn a skill/trade, etc, that would be much in demand for the future, with job progression and security, along with professional growth. The company is willing to train such a prospect, and he/she'll start with a salary in the 40s, with steady growth predicted for the future.
Should he/she still go on to college, or should he take this opportunity?
( assume the the HS grad is not interested in medicine or law)
Is s/he located in Vermont? Or western Mass? If so, the $40K a year could be good money. Is s/he in a state/city with a more robust economy where $40K won't get you too far, even for an 18 year old, such as Boston? If so, than getting the college education would be a better option.
Companies and organizations go under/change all the time, even the one's that appear to be in great shape. Five, ten, years from now this kid could be out of a job. Job security cannot be predicted...unless you work for the railroad. There are many people who only know how to do one thing, did the same job out of high school for ten, fifteen years. Now they are out of a job and don't have anything else to back them up.
And yes, there are people with degrees in the same boat.
What this kid should do, is take that job, since it is so great, and take courses at night, online, and during any other time s/he is available to do so.
Kill two birds with one stone: get that "awesome" job and a degree at the same time.
It is not society...it is largely high schoolers who want to out-do their peers and the parents who support them.
Society, for the most part, does not care.
Parents, teachers, politicians......I call that part of society.
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). Seriously, it sounds like a good opportunity that shouldn't be wasted. You can always go back and get a liberal arts education in a few years.
