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Originally Posted by Azure
One of the biggest issues with getting people into the trades & STEM fields happens in the high school years.
Simply put we do not look at those fields as being 'cultured' enough, and instead push more students towards humanities, social sciences or something else despite the obvious lack of jobs that are available for someone with those degrees.
Is there something wrong with the trades? Everyone I know that works in those industries has a good life. You are also more likely to start your own company when you have a trades background compared to almost any other field.
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This is exactly the problem in Canada IMO. Even from an artistic/mental engagement perspective many high skilled "labour" jobs can be far more engaging than many "white collar" jobs. For example, if you're doing high end masonry work, you have far more opportunity to put artistic perspective into the work. As well, the planning and execution of the work is going to be very heavily engaging mentally. Now compare that to most office jobs, where your shuffling papers and sending out mindless emails constantly.
Yet Canadian society has created some kind of pseudo class system and tells kids that they need a university degree to not be considered lesser. This seems to be something we've inherited from our British roots. You don't see the same attitude in places like Germany, Scandinavia, etc...Canadian society desperately need an attitude adjustment.