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Originally Posted by RidgeRunner
They dropped the cirriculum a while back but I do recall when public school used to teach some life lessons and even some trades. home economics, wood shop, auto shop. They need to throw in a class on Child care. Nope, they just want you passing the FCAT.
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My first son was a product of that type of class. He has a reading disability, and it makes it hard for him to comprehend the written word. He can read something over and over and just not understand it, but show him something once or twice and he locks onto it like a Terrier. Anyways, because of this the schools in Toms River had him in a program where he went to school for the morning, and in the afternoon he worked in a trade (HVAC) as an apprentance. By the time he graduated high school he was well on his way towards aquiring his blue seal refrigeration license. He lives in Az now, is 43, owns his own HVAC company and employs 12 people. (And yes, I'm very proud of him) Point being that the system worked well back then (mid 80's) So what happened? how did we get so far down this very bleak road? And how do we get back 
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