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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The local jobs are being automated, 200 miners replaced by 20 - guys who WILL need the college degrees. You aren't providing any opportunity for the other 180 with your "education based on the local economy."

Okay, let me give you an example of a local economy. My family is from Minnesota.  My relatives work in the food industry.  This is not just 20 guys.  My brother-in-law is a maintenance mechanic for machines in a plant that employs 1500 people.  That means he fixes the machines that are specialized to the cereal business.  He has been complaining nonstop about finding help because they are not training kids in vocational programs in high schools.  They can't find people to do this work (and it is high paying and has good benefits).  Now, I would say that this is a local job (since the farms and food production are concentrated in this area).  I don't think people who do his work need a college degree (he doesn't have one---he has trained in Germany on machines and had other training though).  He has been doing this work for over 40 years (he started at Carnation Company and has been in two other plants and is now with Post).  These are jobs that are just as important to the economy as any that college educated people are doing.  [/quote]

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