Education and Labor
Tech schools? Bringing back electives in HS such as auto shop, welding, etc.
Corporations helping to intern HS graduates for 2 yr college ed
“Tech schools? Bringing back electives in HS such as auto shop, welding, etc.”
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It never left many schools,including the one that my kids attended.
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“Corporations helping to intern HS graduates for 2 yr college ed”
This would be OUTSTANDING if they implement it by the time I graduate high school in 1991 ;-).
Seriously, I knew what I wanted to do by the time I was frigging 12. I probably would have done a LOT better in high school (i.e. not waste time) had the focus been shifted more towards computers and electronics.
All things considered, I could have finished two years towards an EE degree by the time I completed high school and more than likely would have earned a BSEE before I could legally purchase a beer (not like legalities ever stopped me :-) ). Couple that with real work experience and I could have started earning more in my *very* early 20s with less debt.
Of course, I am assuming things would have gone ideally ... but knowing the way I was (and to some extent still am), I would have earned that degree as described.
High school, as it is structured today, is a complete waste of time for a majority of the students stuck in that stupid institution. I certainly see how it benefits two “cliques” of people : the college bound academics (and, by that, I mean a career in academia) and the jocks. Outside of that, everyone else is stuck in a system that doesn’t do as much for them as it could.
it will be WORKFORCE TRAINING K-22 a unified track driven by corp needs. We will no longer educate kids to be free thinkers,etc..no academics anywhere in sight.Of course now its just Communist Core.
I support shop & other programs in HS but not workforce development. Should not be the purview of Fedzilla.
That would be extremely helpful. Most of the jobs are going unfilled out there are jobs that rely upon tech skills.
We don’t have Labor shortages in English, women’s studies, or even psychology yet schools are directing most of their students do these programs.
On the other hand we have enormous labor shortages and Plumbing and electrical engineering.