On work.............................................

"In a sign of a stronger economy, more young adults are skipping college and heading back to work."
-as excerpted from here

Forty years ago I remember my father  lamenting that so much emphasis was being put on getting high school seniors into college.  He felt a good bit that emphasis included the disparagement of labor.  A fully functioning society needs tradesmen. Without plumbers, carpenters, electricians, drywallers, excavators, and the like, it is difficult to get things built - or fixed.  In our part of the world we are now experiencing a shortage of tradesmen.   A young person today can learn a trade in a year or so and become a productive worker, earning a good living (to say nothing of avoiding a mountain of debt).  There is dignity in the mastery of a trade. We should honor and encourage that as much as we honor a college degree.

thanks glenn