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trade school makes sense if you're not sure what you want to do, or if you're the kind of person who was never able to do well in school.

If you were planning to go to college just because that's what everyone does, then don't.

Here's what a I'll say to you about this:

Is a career in trades very well paying? Absolutely, I've known guys who work 2 months in the summer then take the rest of the year off because they were making like $120 an hour with 15 or so hour days.

Here's what most ppl who go into trades dont seem to realize: it's fucking hard.

I've known so many kids who went into trades only to realize that working in Alberta in -50 degree temperature is fucking brutal, leading them to quite and work at walmart.

just my 2cents

Trade School crap is brainwash, if you're smart go into univ,
they only promote trades because the economy needs since there aren't enough jobs in trades. If you're smart get a quaternary job, leave the trades for Mexicans

>>2622292
-50 C or F?

Doesn't matter -- I'd work in that if I were being paid 120usd an hour...

If you're interested in learning and getting an interesting career, and spending your life doing something you might actually enjoy, go to college.


If all you care about is money, go into trades.
If you suck at math and/or logic, go into trades.
If you were planning on going to uni for liberal arts, social sciences, any kind of "studies", etc., go into trades.
Basically, if you plan on being useless, go into trades.

If you plan on "getting a well-paying job, and going back to university later in life," you will never see the inside of a school. You'll keep telling yourself that you're going to do it once you get x amount of money, and you'll just keep putting it off. One day you'll wake up, be middle-aged, never gone to uni, and realize that you spent your entire life on something that could make you a decent amount of money right out of high school.

bump

Thanks for the input, guys.

Now, silly question, but where would I go to decide on what to go to school for? My favorite subjects in school are chemistry, physics, any sort of mathematics available, and any sort of computer courses available. How the hell do I narrow that down?

Ideas on where to go for help?

>>2622650

Wait what, someone other than me, >>2622654, bumped the thread.

bumpagain

>>2622654
First, spend a day at your local library's career books section. Read over the books and make a list of careers that interest you.

Then start researching them.
check out careercruising.com
check out o*net.com
go to http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Then start narrowing it down as you find out things you don't like about certain items on that list. Search youtube videos for "careers in x" and interviews with people in those jobs.

Another good tip is to try to find something that you can make your calling. Once you have that calling take every step you can to make it a reality. Chart out a plan for what you're going to do during the following years, not only academically but outside of class too.

a person like this came to my high school. she was from a local technical college. she talked about how much education you have to go through to become a doctor and how it would be easier to go to a small technical college. she also tried to advertise for her college. dont listen to her.

Thank you to whoever keeps bumping my thread.

Especially thank you to >>2623104.

Thank you thank you thank you.

>>2622273

I was in a very similar situation as you are. When I was a kid, until I was 18, I was being trained to be a blacksmith. So my trade would be a blacksmith, and I would happy but I wanted more. So one day some guy told me that great things are expected of me. So I went off and got educated, buy as my life continued I really questioned whether or not I made the right choice about my trade. It's your choice and it's a difficult one.