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Originally Posted by longrange1947
I would love to see a strong vocational program return to schools.
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I totally agree. When I was in High School, we had a Trades and Industries class which was, basically, a vocational school embedded in the public school. I don't think farming or ranching was included but there were kids that worked in farm machinery manufacturing, retail sales, auto repair, etc.
Our Shop teacher started a program where the school would acquire some land and building materials, then his class would build a house on it and sell it for a profit. I believe that program was part of the T&I course but shop students, interested in carpentry, electrical, cabinetmaking, etc, could go "on site" during Shop class to work in a practical setting. Of course, this was in Oklahoma in the mid-'60s. It's probably illegal now.
Pat