It&#x27;s an offensive joke to tout &quot;vocational school will get you a college degree!&quot; in an article like this. The wages quoted for electricians should make it pretty clear how unnecessary that is - $28&#x2F;hour is an exceedingly livable salary, and that&#x27;s just for a journeyman.<p>I think this piece just reveals how ingrained &quot;college is necessary&quot; is for the upper-middle class. Even when they tried to write a post about the power of vocational training the best the NYT could manage is &quot;because maybe it&#x27;ll send you to college&quot;.