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"Trade schools offer a financial and time-commitment alternative to traditional universities but continue to be challenged by the stigma that says a trade school is for people who cannot make it in college.
Juan David Aguilar from Leadville is learning his way around an engine. He said he eventually wants to be his own boss.
'Hopefully open up my own shop and work on cars, but it's gonna take time for sure,' Aguilar said.
He is not alone, as enrollment is on the rise at Pickens Technical College. Over 1,000 students are currently attending.
'It's an incredible opportunity because basically, we are career and technical education so our whole deal is we are getting people out into industry,' Andrew Vidockler, cosmetology occupations administrator at Pickens Technical College, said."