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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Absolutely. If you're going to suggest that more post-secondary would create "good jobs for young people", you need to support that, because it seems to me that that would simply produce more people with undergraduate degrees serving you coffee at Starbucks.
If you were to suggest transitioning subsidies from post-secondary to vocational training (i.e. making it cheaper and easier to become a plumber / electrician / etc) then we'd be talking.
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Are people not entering the trades because of the cost? By no means am I an authority on this, but I was always under the impression that vocational training was much less expensive than attending university. Additionally, it typically allows you to enter the workforce earlier than someone completing a 4 year degree. I think the issue is that society has pushed this notion that you
need to go to university. Take GullFoss's post: it is as though he believes that simply going to university will get you a good job. This is the exact opposite reality that young people are currently experiencing, and yet, this fallacy persists. Shifting dollars from one form of education to another won't change that. Tradesman are able to command wages higher now than ever and there are still shortages.