I am a total liberal arts geek, but I am determined that my kids should have both employable skills and “big picture” knowledge, of the kind that college can offer. Not sure how this will play out, but in the meantime, my highschool student is learning all about shop tools in her robotics club. She comes home with a huge smile on her face, because she has been trained on another piece of equipment, or helped do something real, like building shelves. Something good is going to come from this.
In seems that our kids often mirror image us ;-) I’m have a EE degree - and my son is taking Liberal Arts degree! Didn’t see THAT one coming. His only problem is that he is a total nerd and can’t help it. He LOVES the technical stuff, yet wants to do creative films?
You mean what they used to teach when only the elite went to college?
Good luck with that. You are going to need to be pretty picky about what school she gets into. Most aren't into the big picture stuff anymore, unless it's a picture of Karl Marx.