[quote=UCGal]I like the idea of vocational schools. A good plumber, mechanic, electrician, etc will never starve.[/quote]
Actually I was laughed at by my buddies who rode the wave of construction boom after high school. They made really good money right after HS (some of them 80K to 100K). They spent most of it on toys, are looking for work, and look ten years older than me.