I can see things turning around here. Or at least I can see the hope through the eyes of my kids and grandkids. My wife quit school at 16,but went back and got her GED after the kids were born. She went right on to the local Community College from there and got her nursing degree. Can you imagine that on a GED? No chemistry or biology classes in high school,no advanced math,she got it all at the college lever. The kids saw that,believe me. My son in law got his education in the Air Force. His experience there got him in the door doing factory maintenance when he got out. He worked his way up to plant manager. He was recruited by another company a year and a half ago to run their maintenance department. Less stress and responsibility,more money,the only thing he lost was the company car. Their daughters both have a bright future. The oldest one graduated Western Michigan University in December and was accepted in the grad program both there and in North Carolina,she has accepted the offer from WMU. The younger one just finished her sophomore year at Michigan State where she's studying dietetics. She's working the summer with my daughter. My daughter became a dental assistant while the SIL was in the Air Force,she's office manager now and makes more than most folks with a lot of education. The oldest boy still works 14 hours a day as a high performance engine builder. He got student loans to go to school for a few years to learn the trade,then worked his way up. He works full time in one shop where he runs the engine department and last fall,with the help of another guy his age,he bought some equipment of his own and has the stuff in that guy's pole barn,where he works nights and weekends. He has 11 engines running at the local dirt tracks this year and has a reputation second to none. The youngest boy did construction work until he got in to a local shop doing machining. They're sending him to Community College on their dime to get his journeyman's card. He bought a house on his own two years ago. Do I think somebody could get a start milking cows these days? Sure. It's a tough life and nobody wants to start farming that way,but if a young person was as determined to make a living farming as I was and wouldn't take no for an answer,they'd make it. It's just like it was when I quit milking and went in to these beef cattle. I told a cousin,"Everybody says I can't make it with these cattle,but I will of I want to". I'll tell you the truth,I never intended to make a real living with the beef cattle. The wife had a good job and I figured all I had to do was break even,but the economy went south here,the state paid for anybody who was unemployed and wanted to,to go to nursing school and all of a sudden,with the college just a couple of miles from here,and them graduating two classes of nurses a year,and those grads would work for practically nothing,her job disappeared overnight and I had to make a living from it,so I did,simple as that.
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