When I brought up a plumbers worth this is exactly what I meant. They have an education that’s worth something, and relevant to what they’re setting out to do.
As a result they actually provide something of value to the marketplace and society, more so than any vaunted “fill-in-the-blank” studies degree from even the “ivyest” of leagues. ;-)
I think we’re on the same page. Wintertime will vouch for my earlier postings.
I think it’s HORRENDOUS and CRIMINAL what’s being done in our schools. Just this weekend, half of a high school (or maybe Jr. High) was implicated in sexting scandal. Seems they had some pretty good software that could make their kiddie nudes look like a calculator on their phones.
My first reaction when I saw that was that I would have put a bullet through any of my kids’ phones if I saw a calculator app. I find it easier to accept them having underage nudes than a calculator...at least as far as teaching my kids were concerned (and yes, I’m only making a point).
My kids ONLY got to use a calculator in math when their math books simply gave no choice, due to the types of problems...but I held out, first by printing up trig and log tables, and then by me using the calculator, with them showing me what to punch in. By the time they got their own hands on a calculator, they were at the pre-Calculus level, and (again) only because I had no choice.