What I was leading to was:
a) motivated, articulate HS graduate who can read/write/do math, shows up, on time, good attitude....is going to steamroll the snotty blue-hair commie for jobs.
b) TRADES--I know I've done this tirade before. TRADES.
9/ Of anything I'd want my kids doing, in terms of life satisfaction, time-to-adulthood (i.e. stable, raising family), job security (can't outsource)...
TRADES. Esp high-brain trades--electrician, HVAC.
Modern HVAC is ridiculous; a smart kid who really groks the physics, GOLD.
10/ I did give myself an out when poo-poo'ing the CompSci degree....
Earn money, hone your craft actually CODING, while you do CompSci at night.
Don't piss out a quarter million $$ and 4 years for it.
The traditional 4-year college degree should go back to the people it's really useful for:
Scientists, Engineers, Doctors, Vets, Lawyers....Geologists. A few others maybe.
The rest is luxury--and the price is too high ($$, Marxism, degeneracy, time lost)
12/ Few Such Cases.
I knew/know plenty of kids who went off the rails in college despite strong family backgrounds.
If we squint at the data real hard, and do this one neat trick where we look only at years where European countries had zero mass shootings, and consider only those, THEN we can get Europe < US.
If you do any kind of shop work--woodwork, metal, etc--GET ONE!
There are add-ons to an existing shop-vac. Dirt collects in a bucket under the cyclone, leaving the shop-vac filter almost completely clean. I haven't replaced mine in almost a year.
2/ Mine's fairly cheap, but works well on stale horse feed, sawdust, metal grindings from welding projects and more.
It even separates fine agricultural lime dust.
No idea how energy efficient it is; I have the usual 'FIVE PEAK HP!!1!" Rigid shop-vac