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To: DMaA who wrote (464111)	1/8/2012 2:56:41 PM
From: FJB	16 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793964

RE: You can go to college and attempt to join the mainstream middle class or settle for a job at McDonnalds My grandfather did taxes for an elevator repair man that made $200k a couple years ago. Carpenters, iron workers, HVAC, plumbers, electricians, mechanics, oil rig workers, cement workers, etc. do pretty well(carpenters not so much because of the housing situation right now). You are really underestimating how good a living you can make with specific skills.

To: DMaA who wrote (464111)	1/8/2012 3:04:41 PM
From: ManyMoose	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Get yourself a useful trade. Plumbing, electricity, carpentry, welding, etc. Preferably in a field that we can't live without even when the economy goes south. What are the choices after HS really?

To: DMaA who wrote (464111)	1/21/2012 5:31:50 PM
From: FJB	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Until now, a B.A. in any subject was a near-guarantee of at least middle-class wages. But today, a quarter of college graduates make less than the typical worker without a bachelor’s degree. David Autor, a prominent labor economist at M.I.T., recently told me that a college degree alone is no longer a guarantor of a good job. While graduates from top universities are still likely to get a good job no matter what their major is, he said, graduates from less-exalted schools are going to be judged on what they know. Message 27895087