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bob the dog said:
When you think of kids finishing high school and taking a year off before heading to university hoping to find direction the military would be a very good option. Key is to improve productivity which is very low in Canada. It would also be a way for those involved to get a pay check involving some form of accountability. I think the country would be better off for it.
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I hope you don't mean one year of military service. Only the lowest-skilled jobs can pay off for the military with only 9-10 months service (after training).
 
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bob the dog said:
When you think of kids finishing high school and taking a year off before heading to university hoping to find direction the military would be a very good option. Key is to improve productivity which is very low in Canada. It would also be a way for those involved to get a pay check involving some form of accountability. I think the country would be better off for it.
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Free post secondary for doing 2 years or 2 years towards red seal.
 
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More enlightened places are doing red seal in high school. Having two red seal trades, I am no longer sure this is a good idea. Perhaps in other places tradespeople are treated better than in BC. Mechanics in particular get the shitty end of the stick here.
Anyway, about obtaining a red seal, or working towards it while in high school. While learning about trades at a young age is certainly a good thing. To be stuck in one trade at an early age probably isn't. Especially when there are union jurisdictions involved. It gets complicated and expensive to change trades. Getting an overview of different trades, with some real work time in a variety of trades would be a good thing.
When I was in high school, we had extremely good shops, and got to play with a bit of everything. We even did sand casting in aluminum and brass. Many school districts don't even have shops in all their high schools, so kids don't get to try a few things to see what they might like.
 
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Taxslave2 said:
More enlightened places are doing red seal in high school. Having two red seal trades, I am no longer sure this is a good idea. Perhaps in other places tradespeople are treated better than in BC. Mechanics in particular get the shitty end of the stick here.
Anyway, about obtaining a red seal, or working towards it while in high school. While learning about trades at a young age is certainly a good thing. To be stuck in one trade at an early age probably isn't. Especially when there are union jurisdictions involved. It gets complicated and expensive to change trades. Getting an overview of different trades, with some real work time in a variety of trades would be a good thing.
When I was in high school, we had extremely good shops, and got to play with a bit of everything. We even did sand casting in aluminum and brass. Many school districts don't even have shops in all their high schools, so kids don't get to try a few things to see what they might like.
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Mastering high school geometry pays better from day one than a $200K 4 year BA after 8 years.
 
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Taxslave2 said:
More enlightened places are doing red seal in high school. Having two red seal trades, I am no longer sure this is a good idea. Perhaps in other places tradespeople are treated better than in BC. Mechanics in particular get the shitty end of the stick here.
Anyway, about obtaining a red seal, or working towards it while in high school. While learning about trades at a young age is certainly a good thing. To be stuck in one trade at an early age probably isn't. Especially when there are union jurisdictions involved. It gets complicated and expensive to change trades. Getting an overview of different trades, with some real work time in a variety of trades would be a good thing.
When I was in high school, we had extremely good shops, and got to play with a bit of everything. We even did sand casting in aluminum and brass. Many school districts don't even have shops in all their high schools, so kids don't get to try a few things to see what they might like.
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When I lived in Vancouver as a "young thing" I met several guys involved in construction; carpenters, pipe fitters et al. I remember one guy stating that he had an "easy time" of it that day because when he reached a certain point in what his duties were in construction, he couldn't go any further because another "trades person" would have to come and, (as an example) move a pipe because plumbers or pipefitters were the only ones to be able to move the pipe. So he couldn't do any more until that pipe was moved. Sometimes the pipe move happened right away & others it happened whenever "someone" was available to move said pipe. I couldn't understand that. I asked him "couldn't you move it?" and was told no, he knew how to but he couldn't because it was against "union rules" He said that's one reason why building is so expensive in B.C. because of unnecessary rules that holds up building anything. He said it's frustrating for the trades as well altho' there are those who support this because it protects their jobs. Guess it doesn't actually matter whether it's efficient or cost effective.
 
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Dixie Cup said:
When I lived in Vancouver as a "young thing" I met several guys involved in construction; carpenters, pipe fitters et al. I remember one guy stating that he had an "easy time" of it that day because when he reached a certain point in what his duties were in construction, he couldn't go any further because another "trades person" would have to come and, (as an example) move a pipe because plumbers or pipefitters were the only ones to be able to move the pipe. So he couldn't do any more until that pipe was moved. Sometimes the pipe move happened right away & others it happened whenever "someone" was available to move said pipe. I couldn't understand that. I asked him "couldn't you move it?" and was told no, he knew how to but he couldn't because it was against "union rules" He said that's one reason why building is so expensive in B.C. because of unnecessary rules that holds up building anything. He said it's frustrating for the trades as well altho' there are those who support this because it protects their jobs. Guess it doesn't actually matter whether it's efficient or cost effective.
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Reminds me of an old joke. Joe is driving through the country one day and sees 2 guys working. One is digging a ditch. The other is following him and filling the ditch back in. Joe is curious about this and he stops and asks them what they are doing. They tell him they are laying pipe but Frank is off sick today.
 
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One day, when most of us are dead, one of our kids will be scrolling through whatever censored web based nonsense they're using at the time, say 2054, and Greta will still be standing on the coast with a sign and that smarmy look, except with wrinkles. Baron Trump will be President of Mexico.
 
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Greta Thunberg among 6 detained at anti-Israel demonstration in Denmark
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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and activists of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) group campaign against Equinor's processing plant for gas and light oil in Tysvær near Karsto, Norway, on Aug. 24, 2024.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and activists of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) group campaign against Equinor's processing plant for gas and light oil in Tysvær near Karsto, Norway, on Aug. 24, 2024. Photo by JAN KAARE NESS/NTB /AFP via Getty Images
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was among six people who were detained in Denmark, police said, after they demonstrated against the University of Copenhagen for cooperating with Israeli universities and shouted pro-Palestinian slogans.

The group was detained Wednesday for suspected trespassing after police said they briefly occupied one of the entrances to the university. They were all later released.

Police evicted the demonstrators after they hung an anti-Israel banner from one of the windows of the university’s old administration building in downtown Copenhagen.
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Greta Thunberg among 6 detained at anti-Israel demonstration in Denmark

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was among six people who were detained in Denmark, police said.
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