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Article #624975Re: 1958 Crisis in education
From: Mike Spencer
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 19:32
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 19:32
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J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> writes: > And now we disdain vo-tech as "the dummy track" and don't have > "commercial" programs at all in most schools. My town had five highschools: Classical, Tech, Commerce, Trade and Cathedral. Only Roman Catholics opted for Cathedral. The real dummies went to Trade ubtil they were old enough to drop out. Those aiming for cololege/university were urged to choose Classical. But many of the careers for which Trade, Commerce and Tech were expected to prepare one no longer exist or have morphed to varying degrees into computer skills. Millwright, auto mechanic, machiist, draughtsman (just for example) now deal heavily with computerized systems. Typists, comptometer operators, file clerks inter alia are reduced by 90% over the last 50 years. So everybody wants to go to college to ensure they'll get a decent job. Adapting to that perspective, both public schools and colleges/universities (possibly excluding the the elite $75,000 per annum ones) have watered down their curricula to be digital era vo-tech. And people who got all 'A's in high school English arrive at university unable to write a simple paragraph in correct English. -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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