Trades are given a bad stigma.
Schools push academics whether thats the right fit for the student or not.
Those classes earn more for the school.
Another thing, we live now in a disposable society.
Remember when men worked on stuff? Dads taught kids how to fix things.
Now its dump it and buy another.
Ina lot of areas, the trades are filled with ex-cons and addicts. Only place that will take them. The stigma sometimes is earned.