I worked since I was 14 and I completed highschool, and got a degree (though I took some time off for about a 1.5 years sporadically during the degree to complete it) - it's not an and or - it can be both. Just as trades can be both too.
Education was not as backwards though when I did my rounds - we still had two genders and freedom loving stuff albeit socialist tainted
I'm okay with this.
OP, do you realize how much of an anomaly our previous "people start actually working at 21 after 17 years of school" world was?
I worked since I was 14 and I completed highschool, and got a degree (though I took some time off for about a 1.5 years sporadically during the degree to complete it) - it's not an and or - it can be both. Just as trades can be both too.
Education was not as backwards though when I did my rounds - we still had two genders and freedom loving stuff albeit socialist tainted