(Newswire.net — July 29, 2015) — There are a handful of times in most people’s lives when it’s time to spend big money. In cases like this, we take our limited resources and put them toward something we hope will make our lives better in a significant way. I’m talking about stuff like houses, weddings, and higher education. “Higher” education is so-called for a reason. It’s supposed to teach you stuff that the average person doesn’t learn, so that you can make a better place for yourself in the world, one which not just anyone else would be able to fill.
But if we have learned nothing from the world finance of the last ten years, it’s that higher education frequently doesn’t pay off for many people who seek it out. Instead, people spend years seeking out a degree that won’t put them in line for anything in particular. When the job doesn’t come in, the loans start to weigh these people down. Maybe you know someone like this. Maybe you are someone like this.
This being the much discussed reality, many people are cautious about school, some calling it a racket. It’s true that some schools have made a mess of students’ lives in favor of profit. But these are largely in the minority. Lots of the people we’re talking about simply picked the wrong major at the wrong time.
That’s because the financial crisis of ‘08 happened after a boom era. The 90’s and early 2000’s saw the largest increase in the United States’ economy ever. Lots of parents who had achieved unimagined wealth all of a sudden wanted better things for their children. So these kids went to expensive universities to study things unrelated to toil and industry: the liberal arts. Much derided now, the liberal arts major was at one point a dream of up-and-coming parents. A dream for children who didn’t have to worry about the harsh realities of an uncivilized world, who could spend their time studying poetry or whatever.
But it all came too soon. The market crashed, and all of a sudden people are on the look for a practical education. Trade schools are, once again, coming into vogue. Trade schools are, perhaps, the oldest kind of school. Like apprenticeships, trade schools are meant to prepare students for a specific kind of work outside of the classroom. They never went away, but today, they’re more relevant than ever.
Marinello Schools of Beauty have been around for more than 100 years. They save their students money by offering modular campuses all around the country. There’s no on-campus housing, no meal plan, no draconian hazing rituals, just experts teaching the beauty trade to young (and not so young) people who want a specific career on the other side of graduation. Student graduates of Marinello number in the tens of thousands. You likely already know of one today. So become part of this proud tradition and add yourself to the ranks of students seeking out a practical education, one that won’t cost them for decades to come. Your education can PAY off for you, not weigh you down for the rest of your life.