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English: I took picture of Oil Boom poster in El Dorado, AR, with Canon camera. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Young men in the Lone Star State skip college in favor of roustabout jobs in the rejuvenated oil fields.

http://chronicle.com/article/In-Oil-Country-College/136055/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

When oil-field workers can clear $50K and truck drivers can roll up six figures, why not?

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