Occasionally, say at family parties, with specific people who will not be named here, I'll hear an argument like "my kid isn't going to college, he's gonna just learn how to do a trade," which is fine if that's how it shakes out, but ultimately that argument feels like a masked anti-education argument sprouting from a couple layers of conservative propaganda, like the powers that be talk shit on college and tell you to send your kid to welding school but where do you think they are sending their own grandkids, ya know, but ANYWAYS.
I never had the makings of a tradie. I will say, though, that the one thing that I've always been envious of when it comes to plumbers, electricians, etc., is the ability to make your own schedule. If I was fixing your toilet for pay, I'd force you to let me in at 5 AM. I'd wrap up my day around 2 PM, and use the ensuing afternoon free time wisely. Whoever's picking up this compost bucket usually gets there close to 4 AM. For a morning person, that's the fucking dream. As a white-collar college grad, I think about this every time I'm stuck on the train home at 4:48 PM, another afternoon wasted at the office.
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