>
>
> The question is, what should we change and how should we change it?
>
> Gary Helmer
>
> Lets start by assuming that 1/2 the kids I see in 6th grade are hands
on not paper pencil kind of people and lets face the act that we are
facing a real shortage in skilled trades men like good plumbers
(my plumber is over 75 but he can fix my 30 year old boiler in my 90
year old house when he dies......)
I am not sure there is anyone left in this state who can lay an arch of
stones over a hearth. I shudder at some of the shoddy electrical
work...
and and and
We need to re think the kind of curriculum we are pushing and get away
from the need to shove 80-90% of our kids into college.
Somedays I wish I had taken up building trades
Good wood workers are a dying breed.... it starts with being able to
read a ruler and if you want a real scare ask any group of 8th graders
to measure 2 and 3/8s inches......
There is no reason why and apprenticeship program for the manually
gifted should not be put in place starting at 6th grade and let these
kids graduate with a skill and a means to make a good living.
What should we change???
Everything!
KC Hillard
617 East Division St.
Cadillac, Michigan 49601
616-775-8785
fax: 616-775-1303
hillard@netonecom.net
+++++++++++++++++++++
Baker College
9600 East 13th St.
Cadillac, Michigan 496901
616-775-8458
fax: 616-775-8505
hillar_k@Cadillac.Baker.edu
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Cadillac Middle School
500 Chestnut St.
Cadillac, Michigan 49601
616-779-9360
fax: 616-779-9306
++++++++++++++++++
PERSERVERANCE FURTHERS