Posted on 06/13/2017 3:52:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
When I was in HS, I was in the "college prep" program.
A friend and I had to fight to be allowed to go to the new (at the time, 1970) vocational school 1/2 day to take electronics, electrical wiring and computer programming.
That got several of us off to really good starts of careers
The well intending, but clueless "guidance" people had zero knowledge of what goes on in the real world.
This is a great thing for Trump to advocate from his "bully pulpit" for states and districts to do, but he should also push to get the federal government completely out of the education business.
I think teaching trades is an excellent idea.
I grew up in the 50s-60s and we had such programs then - very successful in training those who might otherwise fall to crime/welfare to earn a decent living with room for growth if they decided they had more abilities/drive than originally attributed. Trades are an important part of our Nation but they generally get sneered at by the “elites” and those who are too lazy to work.
So true.
Bring back Vo/Tech HS. I went to 1, they had 2 paths, college or straight into career. Of course at my age much of what I learned is now out of date, as it was per computer age, not even a calculator to use. But I learned to make clothes, cook, basic first aid, wire a lamp, those skills I still use; along with typing skills. Those I still use...they call it Keyboarding today.
Guy’s had wood/metal/auto motive shops. And we still had both football and basketball for both sexes.
Hubby learned his basic electronics that were enough to pass building code test. Which he built on in the Navy and then taught for 20 yrs after his 20 yrs in the Navy doing and teaching the same computer/electronics/math courses. Comm Specialist, retired as a dept. chair head of a 2 yr Tech School.
Apprenticeships are noting new, it’s how skills were once learned before the advent of BOOKS.
We used to many years ago. It is needed again.
What’s the district have to do with anything? Some arbitrary line?
Amen. Keep the federal government out of our schools. That said, I think the President’s idea is a good one and hope it inspires parents and communities at the local level.
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