But, But, a College Education is an ENTITLEMENT!

Mostly Cajun writes about the career opportunities in Louisiana. Read the whole thing, but here's the key graph:

Entry level positions in many local industries start at twenty bucks an hour. Somebody with a skill and who’s willing to do construction work is valuable. E&I techs (if you have to ask, you ain’t one) do over $30/hour. The downside is that these jobs aren’t the kinds that made the stuff of network sitcoms. You won’t be worrying about suits and ties.

Calcasieu School Board Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Pat Deaville says there are many vocational classes and that they are adding more. But he says many parents resist the idea that their child might not need a four year degree. “Your child, we’re not saying that he shouldn’t go to college but, we have jobs that range from fifty to a hundred thousand dollars, and they don’t go to college, they can be making by the time they’re 20, 21 years old.”

Yep! Hundred K a year, with a couple of years experience and a two-year associate degree or a certificate from a vocational school. Sort of puts that Masters in Medieval Lit. in perspective, doesn’t it?

Indeed.