dr-dendritic-trees:unwinona:safetytank:planeswalker-umbral:breelandwalker:This used to be called “Au
dr-dendritic-trees:unwinona:safetytank:planeswalker-umbral:breelandwalker:This used to be called “Auto Shop” and “Home Economics,” subjects which were included in nearly every high school curriculum up until the 1980s. Auto maintenance, budget management, sewing skills, cooking, and other basic Adulting skills were actually taught in classroom settings. But suddenly all that money got funneled away to sports and graduation requirements shifted toward standardized tests because those were somehow more? important? than life skills? and the home ec and shop classes were no longer taught, even as electives. We’ve been steadily losing arts classes for similar reasons.And so students leave school with a thorough grounding in football and calculus, but having no idea how to sew on a button or change a tire. Petition to bring back these classes in every single middle and high school in the country.Like most things that went wrong in the 80s, this is due to Reagan. He signed the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act into law which allowed “Job Creators” to control our educational system. If it can’t help the Boug make a buck from you, it no longer gets taught.In other news WHY DID NO ONE TELL US ABOUT TRADE SCHOOLS. AND APPRENTICESHIPSI could have made HOW MUCH as an electrician???? FUCK OFF with mandatory Pre-Calc!This may be a stupid question but did most people really not get told about skilled trade school during high school?Because my high school really would not shut up about it.i never even heard of trade schools (or commercial certs/licenses for that matter) until a few years after i dropped out of college. the “unskilled labor” myth is so pervasive that it never occurred to me that there was any difference whatsoever between a plumber and a cashier, aside from a vague impression that to get a job as a plumber you needed a friend who was a plumber and would hire you -- source link
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