In Europe, for hundreds of years, one's education included becoming a master in some trade, be it masonry, arts, goldsmith, = as a fall-back in times when the 'real' jobs were scarce. It was a good backup plan.
I think high schoolers and college kis alike should be required to take a 2 year course in some trade at a voc school. There would far less unemployment
I think student loans are ruining our kids. It's a right now. They used to work their way thru college. I did.
Yes! This is a truly brilliant idea and I wish the U.S. would adopt something similar in our educational system. Not everyone is college material. Why don’t our schools do testing early in middle school years to find out if someone would be better suited attending a technical/vocational type school. Our daughter recently married a young man who is Swiss. He told us that they are tested to find out what type of job best suits their interests and personality types and then are either directed toward votech or college during the course of their education. He worked at a bank during his high school years, later got a college degree and today works as a CPA for Price Waterhouse Coopers. This approach makes so much more sense to me.
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