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Are a world class education and also interestingly enough, just taking one of those classes is a marker for greater success in college. that s so interesting. maybe we re going to see an interesting trend to go back to the old fashioned way of educating our kids where they re more hands on and not concerned just about the math scores. a lot of parents will have a lot of salad bowls on christmas again if that happens. you know, i took wood shop in high school and took drafting and went on and got a degree in mechanical engineering. we view it as more opportunities particularly they now know that only 3 out of 100 students that leave eighth grade will go on into college and work in the area for which they get the college degree. 3 out of 100. when you look at that data and see the tremendous opportunity in society, in technical occupations, to me it s just absolutely convincing. these career and tech ed classes are part of the world class education. very interesting conversation. ....
we see this as a tragedy of modern education, that high schools aren t working as well. it s career and tech ed. it s the arts and it s physical education. there s a crushing force on our schools even though our schools are more expensive than ever, they re offering less of this fully dimensionalized learning. you can do it if you get specific. required skills but no degree. dental hygienist you can make $75,000. we know we need nurses. radio technician, about $55,000. p.t. assistant which are growing, those growing opportunities. $51,000 there. if you re an electrician or plumb plumber, they make more than that. just from me. incredible tech program operating in arizona for navajo students and they found 40 out of 60 of those students are going on and being successful in college. going on into medical areas. so we see in any number of ways that career and tech ed classes ....