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If you are a young person wondering about your future, please read this. Or if you know a young person or have one in your family or among your friends who is thinking about the future, please show this to him or her.Have you ever watched Mike Rowe s "Dirty Jobs" shows and thought, "I could do that"? Do you like working outdoors? Are you willing to work hard and be part of a team? Are you up for the challenge of helping to move our nations cargoes? Would you be interested in a job in which no two workdays are ever alike? Would you like to start earning good money immediately, even if you are 18 or 19, and be able to advance to where you could earn six figures before you are 30? With six months off each year?How about if you could do all this without having to earn or pay for a college degree?It's no secret that a broad conversation has been happening across America on the meaning of work and the necessity of college. The worker shortage and "Great Resignation" in the wake of COVID-19 brought to the surface workplace issues that had been simmering for years. It turns out that many high school guidance counselors were premature when they steered student to college and away from vocational programs, many of which were scrubbed from high schools in service to a misguided notion of "college for all." |