03-19-2019, 07:46 PM
Terracore,
"I didn't realize until I was speaking to my nephew, that all the shop classes don't exist any more. Wood shop, metals, auto shop, the greenhouse (whatever shop that was), the home ec courses, etc. They all became obsolete from funding cuts or replaced by things like robotics. (But don't even THINK about cutting the football budget!). This could be why kids are racking up $40k/year in student loan debt so they can get their shiny degrees in poetry, political science, sociology, philosophy, and all the other sciences that will make them very conversationalist baristas."
If this is the case, then those in charge of education, i.e., the DOE, have a lot to answer for. And parents who suggest their bright students not pursue more innovate STEM courses, which this thread is about, have even more to answer for. Remember, the observatories are trying to encourage STEM subjects and are putting money into the effort, but this is in addition to what the DOE does and not part of their administration.
Here, on PW, it's been suggested that our brightest students shouldn't pursue their dreams as it's all a load of nonsense, but now it seems they can't even get apprenticeships. No wonder young and talented people leave the island and no wonder Hawaii is among the least innovative states.
"I didn't realize until I was speaking to my nephew, that all the shop classes don't exist any more. Wood shop, metals, auto shop, the greenhouse (whatever shop that was), the home ec courses, etc. They all became obsolete from funding cuts or replaced by things like robotics. (But don't even THINK about cutting the football budget!). This could be why kids are racking up $40k/year in student loan debt so they can get their shiny degrees in poetry, political science, sociology, philosophy, and all the other sciences that will make them very conversationalist baristas."
If this is the case, then those in charge of education, i.e., the DOE, have a lot to answer for. And parents who suggest their bright students not pursue more innovate STEM courses, which this thread is about, have even more to answer for. Remember, the observatories are trying to encourage STEM subjects and are putting money into the effort, but this is in addition to what the DOE does and not part of their administration.
Here, on PW, it's been suggested that our brightest students shouldn't pursue their dreams as it's all a load of nonsense, but now it seems they can't even get apprenticeships. No wonder young and talented people leave the island and no wonder Hawaii is among the least innovative states.