By TomL
I love the CEP series about the schools interview with Lori Conrad. Many years ago while Obama was in office the Obama team led by Micheal Obama decided every child needed a college education.
So meanwhile while they were going through high school some passed algebra or trigonometry. I took a poll of people and ask 20 people if they had ever used either of these subjects in their lives. 99% said no never used it, one said he did, he was a pilot. They said that students had to pass algebra to graduate. They were stuck, who do they go to if they can’t do a math problem. “Their parents? Their parents had never had it in school so many children got discouraged and just quite. They were left behind only to finish their high school education outside the school system. Are beginning to get the point. Then COVID hit!
Back then I started saying we needed to look at the curriculum, it was then I started saying in my papers that it would not work. Boys and Girls or men and women graduate from college and there was not enough jobs requiring a college education. Who is going to drive trucks? Who is going to do jobs that you does not require a college degree. Of course the college graduate does not want to drive a truck or work in construction so they don’t take a job that back then for $5 or $6 per hour. After all they were a college graduate so the one’s without jobs floundered for a while until they had to take a job they did not want or starve. They applied their learning skills and wound up OK!
A hundred years ago when I was in school we had a choice, very semi-liar to what Lori Conrad is proposing as listed in your story / interview
Employment
College enrollment
Military
entrepreneurship
I would like them to consider Agriculture also. 99% of the students coming out of FFA or 4-H have had some good growing up training. The responsibility of taking care of animals which is our future food products and our future farmers and ranchers, they must keep record books which shows planning, some times building a pen and actually adding up all expenses for the animal they raise and showing it in their book. The book’s are graded by some of our leaders in the community.
I think we are not paying enough attention to this area in Marion County Florida. Look what Congress woman Kat Cammack is doing. She is looking out for farmers in Florida. I think we need to also.
