Originally Posted by
ChecklistMonkey
I don't know why the younger generations are taking the blame for the things their parents did? My parents had shop class, drivers Ed, woodworking in high school. They determined, not me, that it was a waste of resources and wanted their kids to only have college prep courses. I didn't ask for the school to get rid of it. I didn't teach myself to put all my eggs in the college basket, that was the boomers. Literally, when I was in middle School, you could major in basket weaving and make $70k a year.
The boomers have gutted the public education system and blame the youth of today for daring to follow in their footsteps at they encouraged.
Schools in my area have come around on this finally over the last few years. Seemed like since the days of "No child left behind" and subsequently "Race to the top" every school had to be focused on every kid being "college ready", even to the point it would chase kids out of school. There are/were probably schools that were just "mailing it in" but getting more vocational education into the high schools has been a welcomed development in our district.