(09-01-2017 01:06 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  If minorities are uneducated it's by choice. I lived in the barrio and there were some who chose to quit school and meander the streets. The smart ones knew that quitting school would get you any meaningless job out there. The smart ones knew that in order to leave the barrio it would take joining the service and learning a trade. The military teaches trades unless you're in the infantry. In the infantry you might learn something of a trade but not enough where it can feed you when you get out. There's not too many jobs where they ask for someone who can shoot a weapon, unless you want to be a cop.

LibSoc wanted to learn a trade I would suggest the medical field. There's always a need for certified medical personnel. As soon as you graduate you're guaranteed a job and many EMTs, Paramedics, get to work on that experience after their retiring from fire departments but they still need a little more training for nursing requiring college.

I didn't like the medical part of being a FF but I loved working on aircraft. I could probably work on the refueling part but for mechanics I would need the A and P license and I wasn't willing to go back to school for that. I was/am happy being retired.

This. Nationwide there is a critical shortage of Paramedics. If you hold a medic ticket and can't get a job it's your own damn fault.