I agree with most of what is said above. I strongly agree we need to get the industrial art / Tech classes back up in the JR/SR high schools. If it wasnt for Metal / Auto / Wood / Drafting elective classes back in Jr high & high school I would have no way ended up where I am today (20 yr lift tech). The school I graduated form doesnt offer 1/3 of what it used to in these areas. Fact is maybe 20% of graduates go to and finish a 4 year degree. A lot of the kids quit college and go to work never to return to school to finish it up. We need to get these kids interested and talent discovered when they are young. Then maybe they move on to tech school or hire on as an apprentice out of high school and actually have a shot in 5 or so years of earning a family-wage income. Well never make the $$ doctors and lawyers etc make But most of us make a pretty decent living and can provide necessities and even the little extras at times for our families.