hawk69: I agree with Dru on this point. College is very expensive and a pain in the ass trying to pay off while still sustaining a "normal" life. I am licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration as an A&P Tech (glorified technical term for airline mechanic). After that I got an Associates degree taking accelerated courses and class loads in a year and 1/2. Then stayed in school for one more year and got a BS in TCOM (telecommunications management), more loans and grants, plus a few scholarships, and here I am a builder, go figure. I did four years of education in 2 and 1/2 years in a hurry to get out there and get to work. In the United States almost anyone who wants to go to college can find the resources to attend college, but still may not be able to attend because of the costs associated with normal everday life and/or family responsibilites. Its really not a cut and dry situation and has to be considered on a case by case basis. There are many more variables but I dont want to go on and on about it.
A lot of people in England left their offices and high paid jobs, in the ladt few years, to go and work for themselves in blue collor jobs.
IMO you could do worse than be a builder !!
Education is for the self, but in the real world money has to be made to pay the bills
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And Lush is spot on ,
you sound anything , but lazy
