I guess what I'm saying is that being a tradesman is a state of mind and whether you're welding or selling tchotchkes in the middle of the night on QVC.

All net worths are calculated through the combination of a robust methodology and a proprietary algorithm. There’s STEM again, but they were all pissed off because the “A” wasn't in there for the Arts. He could build fix repair anything. Many wish the outspoken advocate for hard working Americans would run for president someday, but Rowe’s acumen for honesty, logic and reason preclude a career in politics. My working supposition is that anybody can be a tradesman. If Mike Rowe wrote his own narration, "Deadliest Catch" might be a very different show. Mike Rowe - he's my hall pass...can you believe it? JH: Watching YouTube videos of  your stint at QVC, where it clearly wasn’t what you wanted to do, but made it look fun, is this current advice analogous to your own past experience?

These relatively minor jobs led to something better in 2001 when he landed two significant hosting jobs. He has also appeared in an acting role on the show Last Man Standing. What do you want to do?”, No, they look around and they say, “You know what. John Hitch: What do you think about the state of the manufacturing industry and the future of its workforce?
And there simply is no better way to show what's important than by removing it from his sight. Meanwhile, two-year colleges – including technical schools – saw their enrollments rise from 4.5 million in 1980 to 5.8 million in 2020, just a 29% increase. And just because you're passionate about becoming an American Idol doesn't mean you're going to win. You promote one thing not to the betterment of itself, but at the expense of the other.


They're clever and then they get socialized and now everybody is like, “Oh good, you know science, technology, engineering and math.” But I went on a rant a few years ago that it should be STEMS. It's a long way of saying “eat your peas.” And I don't want to sound like a grumpy old guy on the on the porch yelling at kids to get off the lawn. And the other way is if you're going to follow something, follow opportunity. And many industries have recognized this education path as the key to the future skilled workforce.

And I'd say the same thing to a lawyer or an accountant or a crab fisherman or whatever.

These are not the jobs your parents hope and pray you get.

Be sure to check out my 3 Etsy shops for fun gift ideas (and pick up something for yourself!)…. As a consequence, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, four-year college enrollment rose from 7.5 million in 1980 to 14 million today, an 87% increase. So, in the mid-1980s as advanced manufacturing was gaining a foothold, instead of channeling thousands of students into a career and technical education (CTE) and then into middle-class manufacturing jobs, our society put up a psychological roadblock.

~~ It's that voice, to start with...then we can continue from there!

It’s more about companies foregoing investments in training, as one writer articulated in this publication – and, more fundamentally, it’s about four decades of stigmatizing vocational education, a lost period in which our society pressured all high school students to apply to four-year colleges.

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QVC was not the job I wanted. Its findings – that the average secondary and college graduate was not as well-educated as the average graduate of prior generations – led to a newfound emphasis on academic rather than vocational courses.

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Then they figure out how to love it. I know that that's a big headline, but I don't really know that I'm qualified to talk specifically about the future of manufacturing.