Posted on 09/23/2017 2:06:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Yes, the show itself has a listing. I wrote that, on Rowe’s IMDB profile, there is no record of him having been on the program.
No, I understood you.
By the tenth grade a majority of students either show a college aptitude and interest or an interest in trade skills. Kids who have zero aptitude for advanced Math,advanced sciences, the upteenth year of English, and now in some states foreign language requirements, cut deep into what Voc/Tech courses are offered. But it gets worse. Block scheduling has kids going to their Voc/Tech course only for one class per half the school year so as to satisfy the other requirements college prep needs.
I'm for apprenticeships and the 10th grade being a 50/50 daily schedule of 50% standard courses and 50% Voc/Tech. Junior and Senior year should allow for full time trades/tech courses even as to encourage dual courses.
Diversity in a persons trade skills and the ability to quickly learn and adapt is a huge plus. By the time I was 28 I had taken a high school Refrigeration course and worked most of my senior year working on car A/C's. From there I joined the Navy four years and those skills got me into the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration shop on ship. After the Navy I took an advanced course in Commercial Refrigeration while drawing a VA check and then worked maintenance at the 1982 Worlds Fair ensuring the A/C units were operating. These were large commercial Centrifugal Chill Water A/C units. Then recession hit our area real hard. I went back and took half a course in Industrial Electricity again drawing a VA check and working in a National Cemetery for more money. I also joined the Army NG when I found yet another skill which was truck driving. A few hundred in tuition and three weeks later I was driving OTR.
After being on the road almost 8 months I stopped due to income issues and took a job in a healthcare facility doing electrical and HVAC maintenance. I later went back and completed the Industrial Electricity course. All jobs I had done up to that point even a brief Boiler Room stint in the Navy I used in my job as a maintenance mechanic. Today if I were a student in high school I would not pass their requirements. The stigma and opposition our education system puts on Voc/Tech training ios a huge factor as well in not having enough workers. It's discouraged. The school with the highest SAT's wins.
“I keep telling my son to get into welding. “
My ex sister in laws son’s daughter went into underwater welding! Imagine, a stunning 5’10’’ Irish redhead doing welding! She lives very well!
A guy I worked with had a son who went into welding and then specialized in welding stainless steel. He could write his own ticket with that skill.
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