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Thursday, April 16, 2015
Preparing for failure
We live in a country where the cart is too often put ahead of the horse. Meaning that we are pushing for more kids to get a college education, but are not laying the foundation for college or life after. High school classes have been cut to focus more on reading and math leaving a lot to be learned outside of the classroom. Long gone are the true Health classes, where we learned how to eat healthy or better take care of our body. The Arts and Music programs have been get by on table scraps while Sports programs tend to be the better feed. Trades paths are something that's been easily pushed to the side in favor of having more college bound students. We want more CEO's, Doctors and Athletes instead of Nurses, Mechanics and Musicians, forgetting that college is not the only form of education available, but remains the most coveted and expensive. There are questions that we are not asking any more. What are some equal alternatives to a college education? Why does a career require a degree? What happened to Trade/Vo-tech education? Where are the classes that will help prepare a kid for life after High school and College? and If education after high school is so important, then where are the steps and courses that can help a young person, plan, prepare, perform and pay for it? We allow our leaders to spend too little on education, but too much on the military. Yes, power can protect you, but it takes knowledge to control and use that power correctly.
Take a look for yourself here's a link to a website that has the Past Federal Budgets
Take a look for yourself here's a link to a website that has the Past Federal Budgets
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You have touched on a lot of issues ..... allot of areas associated with education ... I'll start by agreeing that too many "social" and "vocational" classes have been eliminated or underfunded in the past 3 decades .. The question is why? Me must look in the mirror and begin to understand what "our" insistence upon a lowered tax burden "costs" our society ... What it means for education. You talked of sports programs getting fed ..... Well the reality is that the military will ALWAYS get fed ... Because to reduce military spending is to "appear" weak .. And that's the ONE thing we will NOT accept in our leaders. I'll be very frank and tell you that we have reached a point in our society where you can no longer "assume" the "state" will make your child WHOLE .. You must assume that responsibility ... You must provide music lessons for your child .. You must take your child to museums and instill an appreciation for the arts ... You must insure that your child is learning about living a healthy life and about human sexuality.... You must make sure that your child will be prepared to move forward as a productive/successful member of society and YES college is very important..... Those with degrees typically earn 830,000 more in salary in there life time than those with out degrees earn .... Which is not to say that there is no place for those excelling in vocational industries BUT no one is going to "lead" your child down the "path" You will have to assume that responsibility ~ :) http://www.forbes.com/sites/troyonink/2014/05/05/federal-reserve-college-education-worth-830000-more-than-high-school-diploma/
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