2 Aug
2004
2 Aug
'04
12:35 p.m.
On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Teo Zenios wrote:
A) The school system has always been producing kids
with the skills
employers are demanding for the future workforce. The newest generation will
have skills designed for the service industry which is where 80% of the jobs
of today are. Why should Johnny go to tech school and spend $20,000 on loans
to get an ITT tech degree and make $8 an hour when he can get just about the
same rate moving boxes in a warehouse with nothing but a HS diploma.
Something about aspiring to a higher cause perhaps? Maybe other people
are content to schlep boxes around in a warehouse, but I'm not, and I
suspect I'm not alone.
D) I don't know if they are skimping in chemistry
or physics in schools
today since they are still college prep classes. Computers are probably
pushed more today then when I was in school. Maybe they cut back on some
woodshop and metalshop classes, I wouldn't know. I do know that a school
district has to be on the verge of bankruptcy to get rid of football,
baseball, and basketball since these activities draw in too many parents who
do pay local taxes.
The sad thing is that most of the school budget goes into sports in a lot
of schools. I guess it's because they make a lot of money with it. In
the high school in which I graduated, I once saw the budget and the
football team had the largest by far of all the departments. Sad.
E) Do it yourself is still very big in the home
renovating area, probably
bigger then ever since a house is the biggest investment most people make
and is still the largest sinkhole for money for repairs. Humans ARE mindless
I'm not talking about that kind of DIY. I mean tinkering with
electronics, chemicals, etc. You know: science.
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