| try applying to a construction company as a laborer. if you hustle and demonstrate any kind of aptitude and initiative, they may send you to school. The us government has been giving grants that cover 60% of an apprentices pay for the first year...stepping down 20% a year until they reach journeyman and reimbursing companies that send employees to an accredited trade program or technical school 100% of the cost of tuition.i think last i checked the average age of a SKILLED < as in went to school or maintains formal journeyman status> carpenter or steelworker was 50. anyway..like i said if you hustle, and show that youre smart you wont be a laborer long. its not for everyone- and thats the problem most young men (or women) earn much more working from a desk these days, and its not as physically demanding and the risks for being killed or maimed arent there. |