Thursday was a very busy day for me. I was invited to speak to a group of students at one of my county's High Schools at their career Day. After addressing them for about 15-20 minutes I opened the floor for questions.The students were asking questions like, can they make plenty money in the trade? I told them yes, if they are not lazy or spending all day on their cell phones, how much does it cost to attend this school was the next question? I told them it was free, they could not believe there was a school that teaches these skills without a cost. In the long run I had to ask them to talk with other students they knew that are in my class to confirm everything.
My Auto lab is the largest in the State of Georgia but the county decided to sold it to GPC: so next year will be the last year on this site after 37 years.
Your post points to the need for school personnel and school system personnel to do a better job of marketing and supporting CTE programs. What a shame that he kids that you spoke to didn't even know about your program! You wonder how is this possible. Why have these programs if they are not fully embraced and publicized by the schools/school systems?
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