He didn't want to send them to college, he wanted to send them to a vocational technical high school to learn a trade. Then they would be able to be hired at skilled worker rates in the steel mills, and also be less likely to be laid off. Going to college was my father's idea, and he had to pay to go to the college prep public high school by working at his grandfather's grocery store.
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Date: 2013-04-04 02:51 pm (UTC)