Edge City by Terry and Patty LaBan for December 04, 2024

Hair today, gone tomorrow.

I’m still waiting for Len to make some sacrifices. Especially now that Abby had to spend more money to recover from what she cheaped out on.

I was reading an article about colleges closing due the the billions they charge. I commented there and will comment here that a good trade school is a better deal all around. Hair dressing is not a bad job, I would think. And it does pay more than flipping burgers to pay off a college loan.

oh dear… :{

Chicago has a problem where a lot of trade and tech schools were closed or converted to STEM/STEAM schools. Now there’s a glut of young people with great science, technology, engineering, and math skills and a lack of young people with experience in the trades… brick laying, auto repair, HVAC, hair stylists, aestheticians, electricians, etc. Meanwhile a family friend started an electrical apprenticeship at the age of 18. He’s twenty now, no college debt, earning good money, owns a car, and pays his parents really cheap rent until he’s ready to get his own place – which he’ll easily be able to afford, even in our not-cheap area. By the time his peers graduate college he’ll be four years into his current career and, again, with no debt. College isn’t for everyone and that’s fine, and jobs that don’t require college degrees – where you get your hands dirty – are vital.

Yeeeeeaaaah, not worth it in my opinion. Your hair’s nice, Abby, but it’s not quite THAT important.

She could have taken the opportunity to change to a simpler, low maintenance style. Less money now and later. I do like this one, though.

11 strips in this arc so far. Past my attention span

That’s it! Shave that head and invest in a couple of wigs!