Trade schools and universities serve two entirely different purposes. You need to think carefully which path you want to take and if a skilled trade is for you. Forget about costs for a few min, it doesn't do you a bit of good going to trade school to learn how to be an electrician if you don't want to do that kind of work.
Just as it doesn't help you to go to university to earn a degree if you want to be an electrician or plumber.
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