Reply To: Staying in Beis Medrash vs. Getting a Degree

What about a compromise? If college is not an option they are happy with, what about a “blue collar” type career path? They can take a quick course in appliance repair, for example, and become apprentices 1/2 day, while they learn. Then they can open their own businesses and work as much as they feel they need to to make ends meet at any given point in their lives, and learn the rest of the time…