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I visited a high school where college isn't the main goal. It's nothing like I expected.
Business Insider via MSN ^ | Sept 19, 2025 | Ayelet Sheffey

Posted on 09/26/2025 9:02:29 AM PDT by fwdude

- I visited a public high school in Upton, Wyoming, that's changing the conversation around college. - The school has a personalized learning structure, preparing students for one of three futures. - I was surprised at the level of individualization for every student's career and education path.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: ayeletsheffey; business; upton; wyoming

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To: TheDon

—”Students should be permitted to graduate at 16 and enter a trade as an apprentice.”

Our daughter completed two years of college and was bored.
She was accepted into a union electrician apprenticeship at age 20 and was the youngest in all of her classes.
They told her that they prefer them over twenty-one to avoid dropouts.

She did cell tower work (at the top) and was a cell tower instructor until our first grandchild arrived... Then finished school, and now the Director of Operations at the same employer.


21 posted on 09/26/2025 10:25:48 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messag)
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To: fwdude

It sounds similar to the “democratic school” model.


22 posted on 09/26/2025 10:30:22 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Teacher317

Sounds like the career chips in Futurama.


23 posted on 09/26/2025 10:34:53 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Vermont Lt

That was a great, sensible plan.

Liberals don’t do sensible.


24 posted on 09/26/2025 11:16:41 AM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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