Ron Lischeid wrote: Vocational schools are no longer (and haven't been since the 60's) the dumping ground for education's leftovers. If you send any student to any vocational school without reading, writing and math skills either the student will fail to qualify initially or will soon flunk out.
My response: I agree. Vocational school is difficult and should not be where we send kids with little interest in learning. However, I went to high school in Japan. Japanese schools have an early assessment program to determine where their students are going. If a student appears to prefer the trades, they have different schools which focus on the trades. These schools were not full of "problem kids." Do we have high schools in MPLS that focus on the trades? If not, why not? I strongly suspect there are kids out there that know they want a "hands on" job. If we help them meet that goal, they might show more interest in school. Especially if they graduate from high school and get a job installing plumbing at $15/hour while their friends flip burgers! Is introducing the trades in high school too early? Regards, Bill Cullen Whittier Landlord. REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
