This guy's heart is certainly in the right place, but c'mon, seriously. We're going to teach kids with artistic talent to make t-shirts? Way to keep up with a 21st century economy Ne-Yo! If we're going to talk seriously about vocational training in CPS, lets' not use an example that involves "t-shirt apprentices", please. It's bad enough that Lane Tech and other formerly vocational schools still taught with Depression-era foundries and sheet metal shops until the late 90's.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1453416,CST-NWS-neyo28web.article?extpar=chist
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It's funny how this vocational concept has gone full circle in the last 10 years. It went from "get rid of 'em all" to "oops, maybe that wasn't such a good idea..."
ReplyDeleteYeah, this half-assed approach toward vocational education won't work. We're not going to beat the Chinese by making t-shirts. Do it right or don't do it at all.
ReplyDeleteHurdygurdy,
ReplyDeleteGood point. The Chinese seem to have a good handle on the t-shirt business.
What I mean is, how about training them in something that's a little more sociallly (or economically) progressive? This country needs to develop industries in which we can develop a competitive advantage over the next decade. Talking about training the young minds of this country to make t-shirts under an "apprenticeship" just makes you look totally out-of-touch.
ReplyDeleteThe thought that using the creativity of youth to mentor them into entrepreneurship is not a bad idea. Like all ideas there are good and bad ways to go about this. The creativity and innovation needed to get us through these tough times are in our schools and households. While we lose jobs in many industries we need to be building new ones. Many good and useful ideas are lost in our current system.
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