Bring the Tech. Programs back to High School and watch the Drop Out Rate decrease a bit because it will give 1/3rd of the Population more of a reason to stay in school.
Yup .... No one pushes the trades anymore and they're dying for good tradesmen out there. No one either knows about the work or wants to do that work. All the kids now want to do IT. The work is in the trades with good jobs and good pay.
Also My Experience with Women Welders is that they fight harder to get and keep their jobs and they are better welders than the men for the most part. That is just my experience though.
You're right about the women welders. I inspect the welds here in the refinery. Most girls here are great welders. I think they take more pride in what they do because some men don't think they should be doing that work. See more and more in it all the time working with the pipefitters and boilermakers.
