Education needs to rethink its priority in how to encourage kids in their future vocations.. I am guessing in years past, kids learned a good work ethic in an atmosphere of agriculture/farming.. Plus it probably motivated some that hated being raised on a farm to work at something else so they would never have to return.. Dont have that ANYMORE with work ethic, common sense, or direction where kids are being influenced to think about those things.. We probably have too much in our society as opposed to not enough.
I still feel we are short changing kids by not exposing them to the skilled trades like electrician, plumbing, pipe fitting, construction trades.. Kids can make a great living doing this and the baby boomers are getting ready to retire so those jobs will become available. Many kids dont know those jobs exist unless a family member is already in the field. Much better option sometimes than going 150K in debt at a 4 year college with no hope of ever recovering that or paying it back.
I also think businesses need to be proactive in "working backwards" by dictating to colleges what the curriculum should be.. In other words, work in total partnership of telling the colleges that this is the knowledge and skill needed for the jobs, then find professors to teach that, then find the students so they have a clear vision as to what they are going to school for.. That seems like a much better investment of money than to put a 22-23 year old behind the "8 ball" of life with a school debt as large as a payment on a home.
I still feel we are short changing kids by not exposing them to the skilled trades like electrician, plumbing, pipe fitting, construction trades.. Kids can make a great living doing this and the baby boomers are getting ready to retire so those jobs will become available. Many kids dont know those jobs exist unless a family member is already in the field. Much better option sometimes than going 150K in debt at a 4 year college with no hope of ever recovering that or paying it back.
I also think businesses need to be proactive in "working backwards" by dictating to colleges what the curriculum should be.. In other words, work in total partnership of telling the colleges that this is the knowledge and skill needed for the jobs, then find professors to teach that, then find the students so they have a clear vision as to what they are going to school for.. That seems like a much better investment of money than to put a 22-23 year old behind the "8 ball" of life with a school debt as large as a payment on a home.
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