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<blockquote data-quote="Bigfoot" data-source="post: 1429385" data-attributes="member: 17956"><p>Just throwing a thought out there. </p><p></p><p>I have a degree. A fairly specialized degree. I started getting that degree immediately after high school, and finished it in 4 years. I loved to weld, when I got the degree ( and still do). I loved carpentry work, when I got the degree (and still do). That little voice kept telling me to get the degree, so I did. Option was mine at 18 to enter a trade. Option was mine at 22 years old to use the degree, or enter a trade. I used the degree. I think I was 36, when I got injured. I literally never missed a day of work. I was injured on a Sunday, and was to start my vacation on Monday. In a week, I was able to go right back work. I would probably be disabled if I worked a trade. I can do 90% of the things I want to do. I can't do very many things at the type of pace that an employer would expect. I can frame a house, or build a pole barn. I'll get it done, but it'll take me a little while. Pride wouldn't let me hire out to work for somebody at the pace I would go, plus I doubt anybody would hire me. I'd probably finish myself off physically if I did go to work 40 plus hours a week doing manual labor.</p><p></p><p>I've been thankful many many times, for my job. I've been getting up hay all week. Riding a tractor all week has really stirred up my aches and pains. I'll go back to work Monday, stiff as a board, but I'll be very productive at what I do. When that alarm rings Monday morning, I'll be glad I don't have to climb on a tractor, swing a hammer, or strike an arc. </p><p></p><p>My son (12 years old) does well in school, and seems to have common sense. Every reason in the world for me to believe that he could get a degree in anything he wanted to. He speaks almost everyday about what he'd like to do when he grows up. Shoe horses, ride colts, and run a few cows. It may be bad advice, but every time the subject comes up, I say the same thing," get a degree in something that requires a degree". It'd take a person of exceptional physical prowess to stand up to those 3 things until they're 62.</p><p></p><p>I'm not knocking anybody that does physical labor for a living. I'm glad you do, and I wish I could. There is some security with a white collar job though, that you don't get with a trade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigfoot, post: 1429385, member: 17956"] Just throwing a thought out there. I have a degree. A fairly specialized degree. I started getting that degree immediately after high school, and finished it in 4 years. I loved to weld, when I got the degree ( and still do). I loved carpentry work, when I got the degree (and still do). That little voice kept telling me to get the degree, so I did. Option was mine at 18 to enter a trade. Option was mine at 22 years old to use the degree, or enter a trade. I used the degree. I think I was 36, when I got injured. I literally never missed a day of work. I was injured on a Sunday, and was to start my vacation on Monday. In a week, I was able to go right back work. I would probably be disabled if I worked a trade. I can do 90% of the things I want to do. I can't do very many things at the type of pace that an employer would expect. I can frame a house, or build a pole barn. I'll get it done, but it'll take me a little while. Pride wouldn't let me hire out to work for somebody at the pace I would go, plus I doubt anybody would hire me. I'd probably finish myself off physically if I did go to work 40 plus hours a week doing manual labor. I've been thankful many many times, for my job. I've been getting up hay all week. Riding a tractor all week has really stirred up my aches and pains. I'll go back to work Monday, stiff as a board, but I'll be very productive at what I do. When that alarm rings Monday morning, I'll be glad I don't have to climb on a tractor, swing a hammer, or strike an arc. My son (12 years old) does well in school, and seems to have common sense. Every reason in the world for me to believe that he could get a degree in anything he wanted to. He speaks almost everyday about what he'd like to do when he grows up. Shoe horses, ride colts, and run a few cows. It may be bad advice, but every time the subject comes up, I say the same thing," get a degree in something that requires a degree". It'd take a person of exceptional physical prowess to stand up to those 3 things until they're 62. I'm not knocking anybody that does physical labor for a living. I'm glad you do, and I wish I could. There is some security with a white collar job though, that you don't get with a trade. [/QUOTE]
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