I only get into trouble on DU when I try to get to what's real.

[JustAnotherGen]

293. It's his understanding America screwed up

We can't wave a wand and fix the Segregated school system that our millenals grew up in. We can't undo the damage done the past 20-30 years. We will have two options - pull the late teens /early 20's American who received a sub par education out of the gate back into a few years of remedial classes so they can be successful in an intensive firt year of University - or we can invest in them on a go forward basis.


.

http://technical.ly/baltimore/2015/04/03/4-things-ex-gov-martin-omalley-wants-tech-community/

2. “Demand” more technical education.

O’Malley favors redesigning the fourth year of high school to provide opportunities for students to get college credit, and gain computer skills. He was especially emphatic about expanding career and technical education (CTE) learning, saying that it was the place where the tech community could make the biggest difference.

“If there were one thing that I would like to see our cyber and IT community do in conjunction with our state local and government, it would be to insist — demand — greater throughput on CTE skills for our kids by the time they leave high school,” he said.

https://martinomalley.com/vision/

EXPAND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
Our country was built on the belief that no matter who you are or where you were born, your hard work should pay off. But for too many of our children, that promise is out of reach from the very start. We must close the gap by making access to safe and affordable childcare and pre-K universal, and college debt-free for all. We should also modernize high school, empowering every student to graduate with a year of college credit, an apprenticeship, or a certificate or credential for a high-pay, high-skill job.

******************

If we are only focusing on Head Start and four years of free University - we will have an epic fail on our hands. The four year university students may have great ideas to transform our infrastructure with green and sustainable methods - with no one to swing hammers to implement - then maintain those systems.

Then - the flawless public education system takes possibly another ten years to provide the next body of contributors - who have all been focused university.

My husband has the equivalent of GED from Italy (tested out at 16), three years of blacksmith apprenticeship training (13 to 16), two years of intensive art school (Firenze), military, and HVAC Certification. Skilled in Masonry, Carpentry, Resoration (UNESCO) certified. He's 46 and physically tired so returning to his art work.

I'm 42 with a few degrees, certification in HS Security, Customs License, Fraud Investigation.

Who was the millionaire when we married? Whose employees in their early to mid 20's are making 80K a year in the trades (top one is a black woman) who was brought into an apprenticeship program ?

Whose most recent hire has close to 80K a year in Student loans and is still pursuing a master (company paying for it).

Which of those two women owns her own condo and can start a family ? Which one can't do those things.


One grew up hiding in her bathtub in Camden NJ and one grew up in Basking Ridge NJ.

Look up those school districts. Median income, property values, etc etc.