I feel like this question comes off as slightly elitist. Not everybody went to college first off. And not everybody NEEDS to go to college.
Money can be a barrier. Mindset can be an even bigger barrier.
I learned how to be a nurse by attending a college but I learned way more by growing up on a farm and then by marrying the wrong man. Way more.
I now work for our local college as an Instructor and it’s the best job I’ve ever had, I will say that. I am back in school myself, taking an online six credit course called Teaching for Learning through a college in Winnipeg. When I’ve completed that I might start working towards my Bachelor of Education degree as my employer will pay for it.
But I didn’t grow up in one of those higher learning households. The pressure on us from my parents was more about “work” than learn.
Hopefully I’m not coming across as anti-education, that’s not my intention. I think college or university is a great avenue and I hope my kids pursue it (my older daughter Bella-Lena is currently in her second year of university), IF that is what will make them happy.
My son Taz is working his way towards being an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer and that doesn’t require college, he is working as an apprentice and taking courses that are done from home.
Back to the prompt, it annoys me that WP assumes everyone has gone to college.
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