Rowe: Why we never see protests at trade schools

Former 'Dirty Jobs' host on why we never seem to have 'safe spaces,' snowflake culture and protests at trade schools and why there's a plumber shortage #Tucker

[gutfinski]

Pretty simple: Students at trade schools value the skills they are learning and appreciate the opportunity.

[robertgauthier]

Because trade schools are loaded with mature functional young adults with a work ethic

[vanhasydan]

Yet another reason I like Mike Rowe so much. He calls things as they truly are.

[searcy]

30 Years In The HVAC Trades All Due To School Shop, Welding, Electrical, Plumbing. Make As Much $$$ As A White Collar Worker ! No Regrets !

[josephblow]

Did anybody hear why we never see protests at trade schools in this video? I sure didn't...

[theer]

I would add that the "teachers" who instruct skill sets in trade schools have actually worked in the real world at some point in their lives. They understand the world so much better than the "Ivy walls professors" who obtained their Ph.D. and Master's degrees in the sheltered liberal hive and NEVER interacted with the real world. I think Thomas Sowell hit the nail on the head with respect to "intellectuals" when he said, "“ Many intellectuals are so preoccupied with the notion that their own special knowledge exceeds the average special knowledge of millions of other people that they overlook the often far more consequential fact that their mundane knowledge is not even one-tenth of the total mundane knowledge of those millions."

[patdonnelly]

Love Mike Rowe. One of the few in this country with no agenda. He just speaks the truth.

[rhrful]

Love the 'soft skills': don't take a phone call during an interview, pull your pants up and tuck your shirt in, show up on Mike Rowe reminds us of one of the greatest assets of all to possess - common sense.

[Grendel]

I have a graduate degree but have always been a supporter of trade and tech schools for most teens. We need plumbers, electricians, carpenters, truck drivers more than we need theoreticians and pundits.

[ztzqufz]

Trade schools teaches real world experiences, things that you can make real money at

[TimpossibleOne]

This title had nothing to do with the video. Very misleading.

[Siaiap]

I Freaking Love Mr. Rowe And His Enthusiasm For The Trades!

[dcpack]

After 20 years in the Coast Guard a university education was the easiest thing I had ever done. I was shocked at the stress level of all the young students. I also realized that universities are full of smoke and mirrors. A carnival fun house full of people who assume they are far more important to the world then they REALLY are. Oh, and WAY overpaid. The financial waste due to egos is amazing. As an adjunct instructor I often advise people who just want to get a good job to think of trade schools.
Tuition went up over 40% in the time I was an undergrad with absolutely NO improvement in the educational experience.

[tammywines]

Tradesmen are what keeps the United States moving. When our air conditioning dies on a 100 degree day we don't call a communications student or What else are they teaching in college these days.

[Alamyst]

I went to trades. Now I make 75K and no debt

[bigdeal]

I basically said what Mike said to a big Department store (won't give the name) manager when I was a 19 yr. old "kid" when I was applying for manager of the automive dept. (which I knew about well and cars) and told him I want to be good enough to have his job when I work and grow with this company ! He gave this look first and I just kept looking and smiled then he laughed and said.... okay you're hired.... LoL True Story. That was 1980. Well I moved on from there and went working for a defense contract company (still H.S. diploma) but worked hard with mechanic maint. dept. Got married and the wife stayed home and raised 3 kids...LATER adopted one...(long story) and retired !
It was VERY HARD and finances were tight....but WORTH IT !!!! and gave me PRIDE !!! 👍

[Heritagepostfarms]

I went to college. Was blown away at all the kids stressing out and claiming it is super difficult...i found it very easy if i managed my time. Ended up going into the trades, not because im stupid, but because i saw more potential...im now making more money than all my classmates that are working "college degree required" jobs.

[ij]

I'm a millennial, I'm 24 years old, and I was raised in a conservative Christian house and I'm in the Air Force right now. When I look at the sea of...stupidity from my generation, it's frightening. Scary. Honestly the reason that I decided to not be entitled and in a dream world like a lot of these people are is due to my parents. They... parented. I would venture to say the parents have messed up our generation by trying to make us feel good instead of teaching us to be good.

[Robert-qmyi]

" Mike Rowe: Why we never see protests at trade schools" *video contains nothing about protests or trade schools*

[josephcope]

I had a strange experience when seeking a job after the factory I worked in for twenty three years was bought and closed. The personnel manager interviewing me looked at my resumé and asked why I remained employed at one place for so long. I replied that it paid well and most of my bosses appreciated my good work. The interviewer said I should've been out looking for a better job. He suggested that I'd settled into a feather bed and was comfortably drifting toward retirement. I was taken aback. I was always told that loyalty to a good employer was a virtue. I considered the possibility he was testing me but he persisted in finding fault with my resumé, finally dismissing me. He didn't actually say "Don't call us ... we'll call you" but his demeaner made it clear I had no chance to be hired. It was just as well. I had no desire to be associated with any business that would hire a jackass like him.