Minimum wage debate

[*michaelsean*]

(03-04-2019, 09:23 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: McDonalds is already moving towards kiosks to order food and a local chains Royal Farms and Wawa having been doing it for years. 





the problem is schools began to teach kids to go to college and threw out all of the trade instruction. Now we need more people working trades and working in technical areas not covered by college, and schools have to catch back up and reintroduce these programs. 

I read a story about one school that had turned its shop room into storage. Then a local business donated their old 3D printer and they reintroduced shop as a class geared towards teaching this new form of technology. Doesn't have to just be newer fields, it could be the forgotten fields too. My mom's yearbook had HVAC, auto, and refrigeration teachers. Why shouldn't we still have those?

We're trying to promote apprenticeships more at my school, but the damn state and county still emphasize college over career, even though are standards are "career and college readiness standards", so it can be hard getting kids into programs while still meeting this standards. 

You know “not in my backyard”? Well I think it’s a great idea to start encouraging kids to look at trades instead of college. Except my kids. Then it doesn’t seem like a great idea.