College-bound or not?
A new report from a CA commission suggests that CTE should prepare HS students for college and/or jobs. Dan Walters in Sacramento disagrees. He thinks that preparing kids with no aptitude or interest in a 4-year degree should be simply prepared for jobs. That we are wasting time, money and in a way, are arrogant in thinking that college is the be-all end-all for all kids. H-mmm. I guess I disagree with Mr. Walters. Why would we want to limit kids to what they can or cannot do in the future based on our assumptions about their aptitudes? Doesn't everyone deserve the same opportunities ... to make their own choices? Why should youth pay for our failings in teaching them, in engaging their interest? Now I have to go read the Little Hoover Commission's findings...