I learned so much in Home Ec. that I still use today. My daughter and I have a running joke that "Mrs. Elliott" would or would not approve of how we do something. (Mrs. Elliott was the teacher and she was a tough ole badger).
I've been saying for some time that we need a skilled trades department (more than an education department) and who better than Mike Rowe to head it up.
The US is losing the last generation of tradesmen as there are very few young replacements learning these critical skills. Something that you cannot simply learn from reading a book.
Mike Rowe for Department of Skilled Trades!
Why is he good? I went to a high school in Portland Oregon and it is a polytechnic. You have to complete your requirements plus a skill. We have Electrical, electronic, welding, automotive, sheet metal, photography...etc in the shop class. There's also a department to train medical staff.
That was an elite high school in Portland during that time.
Your school sounds great. I'm not sure that it's typical of todays schools though.
Also, there seems to be much less interest or drive to develop these necessary skills. They are out there, but not nearly enough. We have a resurgence of manufacturing incoming.
Right after high school, some of us were able to become journeyman apprentices or work in hospitals as CNA. Yes, schools need to get back into career track.
Have you ever watched Mike Rowe on Dirty Jobs? If you know him from his show, you should listen to some of his interviews. He is not only very intelligent and educated, but also very down to earth and funny.
We used to have what was called Industrial Arts. This was welding, metal shop, wood shop, small engine repair class starting in middle school to 12th grade. I loved them. I took them all. Some of my biggest mentors in life were shop teachers. We were encouraged to bring in our lawn mowers, dirk bikes, anything with an engine, and we would tear them down and rebuild them and in the process learn everything from how to properly gap a spark plus to boring out a cylinder, to grinding valves. I learned how to work a lathe, and we made some crazy shit with those lathes! This needs to come back!
This is excellent.
They also need home ec.
True.
I learned so much in Home Ec. that I still use today. My daughter and I have a running joke that "Mrs. Elliott" would or would not approve of how we do something. (Mrs. Elliott was the teacher and she was a tough ole badger).
I've been saying for some time that we need a skilled trades department (more than an education department) and who better than Mike Rowe to head it up. The US is losing the last generation of tradesmen as there are very few young replacements learning these critical skills. Something that you cannot simply learn from reading a book. Mike Rowe for Department of Skilled Trades!
Why is he good? I went to a high school in Portland Oregon and it is a polytechnic. You have to complete your requirements plus a skill. We have Electrical, electronic, welding, automotive, sheet metal, photography...etc in the shop class. There's also a department to train medical staff.
That was an elite high school in Portland during that time.
Your school sounds great. I'm not sure that it's typical of todays schools though. Also, there seems to be much less interest or drive to develop these necessary skills. They are out there, but not nearly enough. We have a resurgence of manufacturing incoming.
Right after high school, some of us were able to become journeyman apprentices or work in hospitals as CNA. Yes, schools need to get back into career track.
Have you ever watched Mike Rowe on Dirty Jobs? If you know him from his show, you should listen to some of his interviews. He is not only very intelligent and educated, but also very down to earth and funny.
We used to have what was called Industrial Arts. This was welding, metal shop, wood shop, small engine repair class starting in middle school to 12th grade. I loved them. I took them all. Some of my biggest mentors in life were shop teachers. We were encouraged to bring in our lawn mowers, dirk bikes, anything with an engine, and we would tear them down and rebuild them and in the process learn everything from how to properly gap a spark plus to boring out a cylinder, to grinding valves. I learned how to work a lathe, and we made some crazy shit with those lathes! This needs to come back!
Apprenticeships. Go to stores willya, get 5 feet of fallopian tubing. You only get caught once at that one.