School Learnings

Another question for you all.

Why, at either middle school or high school though preferably high school, do they not throw out all core classes and implement job type classes so we can have a better view on what it's like to have job and choose what kind of job to have?

The only reason I can think of is that it'd be expensive.

I think its safe to assume its mainly cost effectiveness. But theres also the limiting of job options for everyone. They'd only be trained in a couple proffesions most likely, while with normal teaching/core classes, theres more variety in the type of job you can get.

I think it has more to do with kids not knowing what to do with their lives at that age. Heck most people don't know what they want to do in college. A friend of mine has changed majors basically every year if not every semester.

In my county we have that. You have the option to going to regular high school or the tech school. You can choose your occupation and have a week of training classes to get a certification when you graduate, and then the opposite week would be your core classes.

They have things like cosmetology, culinary, fashion, police - to auto mechanics, computer programing, networking, repair, graphic design, dental, nursing, etc.

It's nice because you can graduate with your high school diploma plus a certification in something. I went there briefly but then moved out of state. By the time I came back it'd be pointless for me to go - you need the minimum of 3 years to get a certificate. Though what I'm going for now doesn't have any relation to what they have.

Yea. Huge chunk goes into that school, but it's really worth it. And any school in the whole county can go. Even has busses for it even if you're clear on the other side of the county. (me) It was an 2 hour bus ride one way.

More places in the US are becoming like this. I think that a system emphasizing core subjects would be helpful to produce more knowledgeable people, but only if the system actually cared about learning rather than just teaching. And even then, being knowledgeable about a wide range of things isn't generally very useful to a person. And people who might not do as well in those core subjects suffer, when in a more diverse system they could become much more productive at a much younger age.
I moved around too much for it to matter for me, but I have been in a couple school systems that offered specialized programs. In one I did part of an IT program, in another I did part of a Med Careers program.
I didn't fallow through on either, though.
I have a friend, however, who is graduating from a cosmetology program this year, so she will have both a high school diploma and whatever the certificate is that licenses you as a cosmetologist.
So if you actually work at it, it can be pretty useful, I guess.

co-op?

basically we have a class which allows you to go find a job and work for them (for free) as you learn... you get credits based on the Manager/boss's feedback.

it's a bullshit course you take for a free credit.