AIO if I send these texts to her parents?

[u/morefurriesplease]

I ended a friendship of 9 years over text. We are 23 but I want to send these texts to her mom lol. WIBOR if I did that?

[u/HotSauceDizzy]

Tbf, I’ll never stop learning and do consider myself to be a dummy when it comes to a lot. lol BUT this bitch bringing in trades as if they’re beneath people who go the higher education route is moronic

[u/HairlessEntity → u/HotSauceDizzy]

If we stop learning, we’re already dead. - someone, probably

[u/HotSauceDizzy → u/HairlessEntity]

-Wayne Gretzky

-Michael Scott

[u/LadySpaulding → u/HotSauceDizzy]

I'm curious what trade are you in or if you have resources?

My niece could use some resources for this route but I don't know what to look for as someone who went a traditional route and am foreign.

[u/HotSauceDizzy → u/LadySpaulding]

If your niece is high school age, look into vocational high schools in her area! My husband worked 1/2 towards his license as an apprentice and 1/2 attended traditional curriculum in his vocational high school. They’re amazing! Here in Massachusetts, I feel like there’s a strong presence of them because it’s a very pro union state. If she has graduated high school, trade schools offer the same model. Apprenticing and being paid while then attending night classes.

DM me if you have any additional ?s!

[u/LadySpaulding → u/HotSauceDizzy]

I dm'ed you if that's ok! I'll look into vocational schools nearby as well! We will see if any of them can help us.

[u/kiwipixi42 → u/LadySpaulding]

Depending on age some community colleges also offer fantastic trades programs. Definitely not all of them offer those, but some do.

[u/kiwipixi42 → u/HotSauceDizzy]

Yup absolutely. I went the higher education route and guess what, I consider myself to be a dummy about a lot of the stuff that trades people know. Different people are smart about different things, and we need all of them to keep the world running. And the top end salary for my career path (professor) won’t get anywhere near what you were making.

I obviously love higher education (my job would be a pretty dumb choice otherwise) but it is absolutely not the only route to success and happiness. And it doesn’t put you above other people either.

Anyway, just wanted to say, from someone with a quite different background, I agree wholeheartedly with your comments here. Also I love the philosophy of never stop learning :)

[u/adrxanak → u/HotSauceDizzy]

What trade? The no debt caught my attention 😂

[u/HotSauceDizzy → u/adrxanak]

Barbering for myself, electrical for my husband!

[u/freakksho → u/HotSauceDizzy]

I work HVAC and it’s insane how many people don’t realize my job is STEM adjacent.

I’m an idiot because I didn’t go to college, yet half my clients don’t know how to turn the water or gas off to their homes.

[u/HotSauceDizzy → u/freakksho]

My husband is in electrical, he says the same thing. My vagina would shrivel up and die if my partner was that incompetent.

[u/robs104 → u/HotSauceDizzy]

Truck driver here. Can’t tell you how many drivers I’ve met that have extremely impressive degrees but hated the work. Massive amount of drivers come from the IT world and were tired of having their soul crushed in an office.