A boomer saying that I would have more respect for if they went to trade school themselves, and genuinely want to encourage people to try their hand at it. There's PLENTY of perfectly friendly tradespeople, I remember doing a summer job as a dock worker, and there was this cheerful 70-something man, who we'll call Greg. Greg was the most cheerful, optimistic guy in the world and he single-handedly made that grueling summer bearable. Greg, if you're out there, thank you. Yes, some people might be more interested in trades, and I have no problem with people recommending it to individuals who are unsure what to do.
Then, there seems to be a subsect of boomers that were either lucky enough to get a job right out of high school or went to college, but want to hog that amazing experience all to themselves by claiming they were meant to go to college, but not young people. Especially minorities who should simply shut up and go back to their place as "the help" (if that's trade school, so be it. Trade school is for the background characters after all).
I would be fine as long as it was de-stigmatized.
A boomer saying that I would have more respect for if they went to trade school themselves, and genuinely want to encourage people to try their hand at it. There's PLENTY of perfectly friendly tradespeople, I remember doing a summer job as a dock worker, and there was this cheerful 70-something man, who we'll call Greg. Greg was the most cheerful, optimistic guy in the world and he single-handedly made that grueling summer bearable. Greg, if you're out there, thank you. Yes, some people might be more interested in trades, and I have no problem with people recommending it to individuals who are unsure what to do.
Then, there seems to be a subsect of boomers that were either lucky enough to get a job right out of high school or went to college, but want to hog that amazing experience all to themselves by claiming they were meant to go to college, but not young people. Especially minorities who should simply shut up and go back to their place as "the help" (if that's trade school, so be it. Trade school is for the background characters after all).