Our Education System Sucks

[Kaleva]

72. It is a fact that are shortages of people in the trades where pay is good.

"A sizable professional trades shortage exists in Michigan and is expected to continue through 2026. Professional trades will account for more than 545,000 jobs in the Michigan economy, and approximately 47,000 new job openings are expected annually in the state during that time.

Wages for professional trades occupations is 45 percent higher than other occupations – $54,000 is the median annual salary for these jobs!"

https://www.mitalent.org/skilled-trades#:~:text=A%20sizable%20professional%20trades%20shortage,the%20state%20during%20that%20time.

,Your comment

"Even the military is no longer accepting dummies that haven't graduated from high school. Tell you something? Some degree of education (and we're not talking typewriting, shop class, or base level addition/subtraction math) is of benefit to bearer, the workforce, and society as a whole. (just as the military has determined over the years)"

To excel in the military, one doesn't need advanced classes because that knowledge will be of little help to you in doing your job . A good knowledge of the basics is all that one needs. A strong work ethic, the ability to work as a team and willing to follow orders will get one further then calculus or trigonometry.. One brother of mine, with just a hs diploma, enlisted in the Air Force and ended his career as a member of the elite Thunderbirds team. After he retired, he immediately was hired by Lockheed Martin and is one of the 3 siblings making 6 figures