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Originally Posted by timmy2
Our company attends career days with local schools. When I asked the school rep about electrical or electronics classes or other shop classes the reply was no, but they offer robotics.
I then asked why they wouldn’t encourage students to pursue the trades that are paying $100,000 plus a year? The teacher making $80,000 or less didn’t say a word….
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Problem with schools? They all have to sell to parents and the higher ups so they must look good with great sounding classes like robotics or medical magnets. Dumb parents buy into the names, principals look great, schools fill those spots and students gain nothing from it but to cut and screw a few pieces of alum channels together, attach a motor to a battery, play a few computer games, that's it. In the mean time, trade based companies are screaming for qualify or willing bodies to work. Older tradesmen are retiring with not too many young people entering the trades. No one in education seems to listen. That's typical with education folks. Young people entering college or work force aren't informed enough about the working world and these teacher have not a fooking clue what's going on out there in the work force. In the mean time, they are screaming about pay raises because the mechanic are making more money then them and have no degrees.