Well, it seems like our kids are getting a little handy. Not handsy, handy. I'm Scott out with Bill Whittle and Stephen Green. This episode of Right Angles brought to you by the members at Bill Whittle.com. And gentlemen, I was intrigued by a story I found under the headline how Gen Z is becoming the tool belt generation. And I think you will be delighted to hear this. The number of students

enrolled in vocational focused community colleges rose 16% last year to its highest level since they

began tracking the data in 2018. Students studying construction trades rose 23% during that time, while those in programs covering

HVAC and vehicle maintenance and repair increased by 7%. And they have a quote here from a young

man, 20-year-old Tanner Burgess, who said, it's a really smart route for kids who want to find

something and aren't gung-ho about going to college.

Stephen Green, Tanner says that he thought, he figured he was originally going to go to college,

but it began to seem less appealing during the pandemic.

And when he was watching his parents, who were at home and both tech workers,

staring at their computers all day,

and he realized that he didn't like the idea of spending his life seated before a screen.

So he looks and says, hey, I got a secure job track, the prospect of steadily growing earnings.

Five years from now, he anticipates he's going to be making, based on experience

of others, he's going to be making six figures instead of what he sees people making around

him, which is nowhere near six figures. Stephen Green, this seems to me to be both exciting

and shocking news. I know we're geysers and two of us at least are boomers,

and the tendency is for people our age to kind of look down at this good for nothing,

do nothing generation who doesn't know how to fix anything or work with their hands.

It looks like more and more of them are doing just that.

The average age in all of the trades is coming down as more and more young people get into them.

Not surprising.

By the way, full disclosure, I am a Gen Z dad.

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