Maybe education is not the answer to economic growth

[Winston001]

My impression over the past 10 years is that people with trade skills - mechanics, electricians, engineers, plumbers etc - are far more likely to find a secure well-paid job than those with university degrees. Its a funny old world when our children turn their noses up at honest hands-on work. Of course, they are encouraged by careers advisors and society to aim at white-collar jobs.

[steve_t]

My impression over the past 10 years is that people with trade skills - mechanics, electricians, engineers, plumbers etc - are far more likely to find a secure well-paid job than those with university degrees. Its a funny old world when our children turn their noses up at honest hands-on work. Of course, they are encouraged by careers advisors and society to aim at white-collar jobs.

as someone else said before, I think, if I was doing it all again I'd defo consider being a sparky or a plumber

[HenryDorsetCase]

as someone else said before, I think, if I was doing it all again I'd defo consider being a sparky or a plumber

my old man told me to become a refrigeration engineer.

"There's a trade that will always have jobs, son"

Old bastard: right again.

[steve_t]

my old man told me to become a refrigeration engineer.

"There's a trade that will always have jobs, son"

Old bastard: right again.

Did u listen to him?

[HenryDorsetCase]

Nah, wish I had some days

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Maybe education is not the answer to economic growth

Not when the teach the same BS and lies... the only people that truly get anything from economic growth are the bankers and their fake money. Most people are just a slave to the system, thinking they are free... pffffft

[Winston001]

Not when the teach the same BS and lies... the only people that truly get anything from economic growth are the bankers and their fake money. Most people are just a slave to the system, thinking they are free... pffffft

You might want to expand on that a little....

We are vastly better off in material terms than our parents generation.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Not when the teach the same BS and lies... the only people that truly get anything from economic growth are the bankers and their fake money. Most people are just a slave to the system, thinking they are free... pffffft

hippie.

Go to a Warehouse and buy some stuff thats made in China that will last for five minutes before it goes into landfill. Pay for it with a credit card and make sure you owe them heaps so they can charge you interest at 24% compounding.

[scissorhands]

You might want to expand on that a little....

We are vastly better off in material terms than our parents generation.

What about obesity, asthma, infertility and cancer as a trade off for more TV's and travel? How much longer are we working? Get home and go on TM? Watch a TV show that gets you down to placemakers or repco and working AGAIN on your house or car. pfftt

[Dave Lobster]

Watch a TV show that gets you down to placemakers or repco and working AGAIN on your house or car. pfftt

On the up side, it's my house. Not a house owned by the government. My grandparents could afford to buy their own house until the 1980s.