[deong]

He's not arguing against trade schools. It's a fairly explicit endorsement of trade schools -- just accompanied by lamenting that that's not the actual world we live in.

The article isn't presenting the two nephews as the same argument at all. The idea is that the one who went to college did what society demands, and it clearly wasn't the right move. The second made the "correct" decision, only to have society fail to reward him.

I'm not sure how you took away something different there, unless I'm just misunderstanding your argument.

[btkramer9]

It's probably because I didn't read the entire article. I got to this point

"Unfortunately for Jeffrey, however, it’s very hard to make a decent living as a cook, even in the best restaurants of New York. So after three years of hard work and great experience but very little money'

and assumed it was all downhill for him too. I was mostly infuriated by the first nephew being used against universities.

[eeeeeeeeeeeee]

I agree. Of all the other examples that could have been used, that one was ridiculous. That person simply had no motivation whatsoever and the degree was probably a total loss for him (other than the piece of paper itself)