Posted on 06/13/2017 3:52:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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President Donald Trump says he wants every high school in America to offer apprenticeship programs.
Trump also says at a round table conversation at Waukesha County Technical College in Wisconsin that he loves the "name Apprentice" — a reference to the reality television show he used to host.....
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and such clubs as Future Farmers of America, Future Homemakers of America etc. in the 50’s. “Shop” and “Homemaking” classes were great.
75 years ago that was pretty much standard.
Democrats want transgender studies; Trump wants trade tech school studies. Which one benefits society? Do the math. Tech training benefits society
I remember the days when they taught some electives that are more useful than what they offer now. I also know some plumbers, electricians, welders, etc., that make very good money and are very needed. The pressure put on young people to get a four year degree in gender studies or some other nonsense is just that, nonsense. I have a professional degree that served me well. I have four children, two chose the college path and two did not. They all do well, but my oldest, who did not want to go to college, makes a lot of money, if that is how success is measured.
Went to high school in the 1950’s. Learned to sew which has saved me tons of money over the years. Also took typing and shorthand classes. The guys could take shop and learn all kinds of woodworking skills, drafting, auto mechanics and an electrical class where they learned basic wiring.
We lived in a farming community so most gals already knew how to cook from scratch as we cooked for thrashers in the summer but took home ec anyway because it was an easy A.
Guys worked on their own cars and farm equipment and their dads also taught them how to do electrical repairs but taking the classes allowed them to go on to an apprenticeship program which all the trades had back then.
Was able to get a great secretarial job right out of high school. But all of this has changed over the years and many of these jobs don’t exist any more. The trade jobs are filled by Mexicans in our part of the U.S.
Would be glad to see them return and include such things as welding. Hope the President involves the trade unions and they agree to start an apprentice program for U.S. kids who are graduating from high school.
Or, bypass college entirely. There’s lots of electricians who earn $80k-90k without a bachelor’s. It also saves the time and money in getting lectured about rape culture, climate change, gender theory, etc.
I was there! But I would have appreciated the mechanics class more than the sewing class if it was open to girls.
Now all that’s offered is art and band, maybe chorus.
for a 1/3 of the children going to school that is what is needed...I cant imagine a better anti poverty program then training kids to be electricians, plumbers or any of the trades.
We must have gone to the same school. Identical subjects! We had the choice either tradecraft or pound the books and get out early.
Only if it grants them the same status as “skilled workers”. Not a special trades tier, but on par with 4-year degree tracks. That would go a long way toward resolving a huge stigma - that they’re a “slow persons line of work”.
Second, what of the lower/mid levels of IT/CS work that might resemble trades, but are overrun with permatemping & guest worker abuse?
Finally, how could such measures help potential reentrants? In both cases, they already have some training and experience - and could benefit from a clear path to something other than a string of contractors.
Learn a trade and, if you want to go to college, pay your way by working.
Every college grad should have a trade or skill to fall back on when times get tough.
Up until the 1960s, all schools had vocational courses. Then that started shifting to regional vocational schools. It’s INSANE not to have these courses in every high school. A whole lot of time and money could be saved by students who if given the exposure would opt for apprenticeship programs to prepare them for a trade.
People getting smart, earning money in all economic environments.
Insane.
Humans have no right to get smart and be productive.
WTH?
Independent people can't be manipulated by the ruling class.
We rulers must doom this idea of self-sufficiency.
Guys that I was in school with got jobs with Plumbers, Carpenters, Electricians, etc. They were called apprentice to that craft they were working at and learning.
They went on to become masters at their chosen craft. Some went on to start their own companies with success.
I believe it is a great idea!
I LOVE that idea. When I was going to H.S. (graduated in 1957) they offered a 2 year program for Junior and Senior years, in the afternoons, for those gals with the aptitude and good enough grades, to take a secretarial course in H.S. (typing, filing, shorthand, business machines) and 2 yrs. later, just before graduation you went to Fresno State College and took the same test the college students took, and if you passed got your Professional Business Women’s Certif. Most of our class passed (including me), and were adequate secretarial material to get good jobs at age 17 right out of High School. The boys took shop (automotive), or wood working, and also had the opportunity to have a little aptitude to go forward to get jobs out of high school. Today it could be computer sciences, as well. Not everyone goes on to college, or even should go on to college, and might be better served learning a job worthy skill.
I was very much in the college-track curriculum, but took a semester of auto shop as an elective in high school. The teacher was a great guy, and liked me a lot as I already knew a lot (I’d been working on motorcycles for 2-3 years at that point) and was a good bit smarter than the average guy in that class. What I learned in that class served me well.
The Constitution is not dead. Or is it?
I’m sorry, is this not FreeRepublic.com, “Defending Our Constitution”? That’s what it says on my FR refrigerator magnet and my FR t-shirt with my name on.
What a novel idea: Not every child should be forced into a pre-college curriculum that leaves them 100K in debt and qualified to maybe work at Starbucks.
I am a lawyer, and one time I was deposing a plumber. When he told me how much he made a year (much more than I do) I almost fell out of my chair. Plumber,electrician, welder, etc. will be where the money is at in the future.
In North Carolina, high school juniors and seniors can attend community college for free (after jumping through a few paperwork and testing hoops). Many tech programs are available.
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