[NYFriend]

Wait, you earn high school credit for learning how to be a hostess at a restaurant? Guys, come on. I wouldn't care if it was Peter Luger's Steakhouse, vocational training is for fixing cars or building houses or some other skilled or semiskilled trade, not seating customers.

[jla]

Wait, you earn high school credit for learning how to be a hostess at a restaurant? Guys, come on. I wouldn't care if it was Peter Luger's Steakhouse, vocational training is for fixing cars or building houses or some other skilled or semiskilled trade, not seating customers.

I enjoy stopping in the local Hooter's every once in a while, but I think you make a pretty good point! LOL

[stainlessbanner]

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"Vocational education programs at the high school allow students to leave the campus early each day to work at retail, administrative, service and other jobs."

[Modernman]

Wait, you earn high school credit for learning how to be a hostess at a restaurant?

These programs aren't usually about acquiring specific job skills- they're geared towards teaching kids general work-related requirements, such as showing up on time, working under the direction of a boss. Things like that.

[Richard Kimball]

Wrong. Many students, like myself, were going nuts in high school. I hated and resented every second inside those walls. Any paying job that teaches punctuality, organization, working with people, and the basic show up and execute your responsibilities skills is of value. The thing that made me decide I wanted a college education was a one year stint at a Dairy Queen. I'm a strong believer that every person should have at least one job in their life that sucks.

This girl has the opportunity to be far more prepared for college than many of her classmates that are taking "college track" curriculum.

[Kirkwood]

"Wait, you earn high school credit for learning how to be a hostess at a restaurant? Guys, come on. I wouldn't care if it was Peter Luger's Steakhouse, vocational training is for fixing cars or building houses or some other skilled or semiskilled trade, not seating customers."

Don't knock it. It's a start to a real career. I've known restaurant hosts who learned the business, saved their dough and ultimately opened their own restaurants. Go to a high end restaurant city like New York, New Orleans, Chicago, or San Francisco and these hosts and hostesses can pull in big bucks if they bring in the right clientele.

[Servant of the 9]

Wait, you earn high school credit for learning how to be a hostess at a restaurant? Guys, come on. I wouldn't care if it was Peter Luger's Steakhouse, vocational training is for fixing cars or building houses or some other skilled or semiskilled trade, not seating customers.

It's a step up from cleaning houses, which is what she had been doing.
Think of it as a starter job before she goes on to work the pole.

So9

[Rebelbase]

"Wait, you earn high school credit for learning how to be a hostess at a restaurant? Guys, come on. I wouldn't care if it was Peter Luger's Steakhouse, vocational training is for fixing cars or building houses or some other skilled or semiskilled trade, not seating customers."

I got "vocational credit" in High School for bagging and stocking groceries. My job counted a class credit, so they let me out of school an hour early, which was especially sweet on my days off from work.