COMMUNITY United States Politics Thread: Trump's Second Term

The Lonious Monk said:
Elementary school is too early to put a kid on a path to plumbing, but I will say that the education system in this country basically abandoned trades. In high school or maybe even middle, there are definitely kids that should be put on paths towards trades like plumbing, electrician, carpentry. That's what Job Corps used to do.
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I imagine school job fairs as students going up to the streamers and content creators
 
The Lonious Monk said:
Elementary school is too early to put a kid on a path to plumbing, but I will say that the education system in this country basically abandoned trades. In high school or maybe even middle, there are definitely kids that should be put on paths towards trades like plumbing, electrician, carpentry. That's what Job Corps used to do.
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My high school, and all PG and DC high schools for the most part, had tech programs where if you wanted you could take normal classes for half the day, then spend the other half learning a trade. Alot of kids took to learn those things like being a car mechanic, election, plumber, hair stylists etc. Was a damn good thing that, and I've said this before, was somewhat shamed because society started to look down on trades as being for people not as smart
 
BlackRain said:
My high school, and all PG and DC high schools for the most part, had tech programs where if you wanted you could take normal classes for half the day, then spend the other half learning a trade. Alot of kids took to learn those things like being a car mechanic, election, plumber, hair stylists etc. Was a damn good thing that, and I've said this before, was somewhat shamed because society started to look down on trades as being for people not as smart
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I was in southern MD for high school. I don't think we had that around 04-08
 
BlackRain said:
My high school, and all PG and DC high schools for the most part, had tech programs where if you wanted you could take normal classes for half the day, then spend the other half learning a trade. Alot of kids took to learn those things like being a car mechanic, election, plumber, hair stylists etc. Was a damn good thing that, and I've said this before, was somewhat shamed because society started to look down on trades as being for people not as smart
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Yep, back in SC at my high school, we had a College Track and a Trade Track. The trade track was basically what you described. They got rid of it though. I feel like a lot of the kids nowadays that leave school and do a whole of nothing, would benefit from that.
 
BlackRain said:
Crazy because I graduated in 2003 and they were still very prominent in PG public high schools. Crossland and other schools literally had an entire section winged off for those in the program.
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I was in Waldorf. Our school was overpacked. We may have had it and I just didn't know. It definitely wasn't advertised
 
RandomOne said:
I was in Waldorf. Our school was overpacked. We may have had it and I just didn't know. It definitely wasn't advertised
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Some schools actually tried to steer you towards it. I remember when I was deciding between going to Suitland or Crossland, Suitland tried to damn near force me into the program. But the way they did it was more on some "do you really expect to go to college" shit instead of "this is something that can benefit you" and I was turned off from that and ended up at Crossland instead.
 
The Lonious Monk said:
Yep, back in SC at my high school, we had a College Track and a Trade Track. The trade track was basically what you described. They got rid of it though. I feel like a lot of the kids nowadays that leave school and do a whole of nothing, would benefit from that.
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Yeah they would. I think our generation growing up in a "college or bust" time plus the societal portrayals of the fat sloppy mechanic/plumber did damage to how people viewed those types of jobs. Made them seem less desirable than they actually are
 
BlackRain said:
Yeah they would. I think our generation growing up in a "college or bust" time plus the societal portrayals of the fat sloppy mechanic/plumber did damage to how people viewed those types of jobs. Made them seem less desirable than they actually are
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Plus people not understanding how much you can make. Plumbing isn't a glamorous job, but you can bank off it especially if you're in a place where there aren't many options.
 
A lot of schools used to have what you guys described, but lost them because of budget cuts. By the time i was at my highschool, we didnt have any of that stuff. It was basically "college or bust" or you had to go to another technical school that might of had it.
 


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