Military Pilots Advice for their sons/daughter

[pilotyip]

unless of course

I totally agree with you. I think a kid that joins the military, learns a HIGHLY technical skill (that I'm completely incapable of doing), and serves 4-6 years is probably smarter than most college grads out of school. However I'm just telling it like it is, now how it should be. A piece of paper over the long term is worth more than actual experience. Just look at the average pay over a 20 year career of a college grad to a non-college grad. Not saying they are any smarter, or a non-degree holding individual is any less of a person, but it's what employers are looking for. Why does the military demand a 4 year degree to be commissioned officer? There are plenty of people out there without degrees capable of leading from the front and leaning forward.

Unless of course that skill without the college degree is in something like Nuclear Power Plant operations, that particular skilled person will out shine most college graduates.

 

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Unless of course that skill without the college degree is in something like Nuclear Power Plant operations, that particular skilled person will out shine most college graduates.

Yeah well anyone that goes through Nuke power school is automatically smarter than 99% of the population.

 

[Mamma]

I totally agree with you. I think a kid that joins the military, learns a HIGHLY technical skill (that I'm completely incapable of doing), and serves 4-6 years is probably smarter than most college grads out of school. However I'm just telling it like it is, now how it should be. A piece of paper over the long term is worth more than actual experience. Just look at the average pay over a 20 year career of a college grad to a non-college grad. Not saying they are any smarter, or a non-degree holding individual is any less of a person, but it's what employers are looking for. Why does the military demand a 4 year degree to be commissioned officer? There are plenty of people out there without degrees capable of leading from the front and leaning forward.

I am not disagreeing with you on reality. I am just advocating a change. In my opinion, the concept that everyone needs to go to college after high school is flawed. College used to be something special and unique. Now it is routine and every joe-bag-o-donuts goes. Many have no idea what they want to do but go through the motions of college and drop a ton of cash (as do we as taxpayers!). They graduate being none the smarter and go off and find a job that requires a college degree...or not, and move on with life.
I think employers need to "cultivate" our young people getting out of high school. Develop their leadership potential and specific skill set and then send them to college if they see promise. They will have a much more capable work force that can meet the needs of the future vs what they are getting now. PilotYIP hires people so he probably knows a lot more about this than I do, but I think something needs to change.

 

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I think employers need to "cultivate" our young people getting out of high school. Develop their leadership potential and specific skill set and then send them to college if they see promise. They will have a much more capable work force that can meet the needs of the future vs what they are getting now. PilotYIP hires people so he probably knows a lot more about this than I do, but I think something needs to change.

Now you're taking crazy pills. You're giving the collective intelligence/motivation of the average 16-18 y/o way too much credit!! We've entered the generations of entitlement. No one knows what it means to "work" for anything anymore.

 

[Mamma]

Now you're taking crazy pills. You're giving the collective intelligence/motivation of the average 16-18 y/o way too much credit!! We've entered the generations of entitlement. No one knows what it means to "work" for anything anymore.

I am not giving them any credit! I am saying the average 16-18 year old has no freaking idea what they want. Many of them need to dig ditches and do roofing so they get a little "hungry" on what they want to do with life. I just don't think we as taxpayers need to subsidize their meaningless education. As Judge Smails says "Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too."