alexanderhay,
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No, it just means they're swapping one gold rush for another. Watch as the value of vocational #Trades plummets due to oversupply, like the value of undergraduate degrees did.

This, of course, is why framing education as a financial investment is a silly idea.

"#GenZ students are choosing a trade over #College. That shows they’re smart

"Young people are increasingly opting to train as plumbers, electricians, welders and carpenters and similar vocations..."

https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/19/gen-z-trade-school

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