[Superman]

I have been in the labor-side of the construction industry for more than twenty years. I have made presentations to high school kids where I begin by asking "How would you like a job making $20 per hour from the first day with full benefits?" Hands go up. "how 'bout if we give you a raise each six months until you are making $40+ per hour, again full benefits?" Hands stay up.

Then I tell them they can virtually have their pick of more than a dozen skilled crafts such as Sheet Metal Worker, Plumber, Electrician, Power Equipment Operator, Carpenter, Plasterer, etc., I lose them. None of them are willing to work with dungarees on. They all want to be beta testers for the newest video games.

Schools are a difficult as students. Schools have virtually no interest in shepherding kids toward trade work. They think everyone is going to college. Well.......everyone is NOT going to college and guess what else......When their plumbing gets plugged up, they are going to PAY THROUGH THE NOSE to those few who decided to "work" for a living.