More and more young people considered “Gen Z” are choosing to skip college and go to a trade school, one reason being the cost of a degree.
A young man named Sy Kirby told NPR he knew a four-year degree was not the path he would take because of the cost.
After being hired by a local water department in Arkansas at 19 years old, he learned skills that eventually helped him build his own construction company, the outlet reported Monday:
Now at age 32, Kirby finds himself mentoring many of his employees, who also opted to learn a skilled trade rather than shelling out tens of thousands of dollars to pursue a degree that they wouldn’t use after graduating.
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Kirby is among the growing number of young people who have chosen to swap college for vocational schools that offer paid, on-the-job training.
In 2018, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-TN) wrote in an op-ed that going to a trade…
