Americans don’t need more degrees, they need training

Re:Americans don’t need more degrees, they need training by remotehack on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @10:39AM (#14654497)

When I was in High School, I went to 2 years of Vocational School at the same time and took advanced studies for college so I'd have something to fall back on one way or the other.

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Re:Americans don’t need more degrees, they need training by madengr on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @11:16AM (#14654838)

Ditto. I had two years of VoTech (1/2 day) electronics, which I'd say was the equivalent of an AA degree. It made EE easier as I could focus on the math & physics in the first year instead of electronics.

Unfortunately they scrapped that program in the early 90's as they shifted everyone into an academic track.

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Re:Americans don’t need more degrees, they need training by Taylor_OD on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @11:11AM (#14654791)

What vocational trade?

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Re:Americans don’t need more degrees, they need training by remotehack on Friday June 30, 2017 @03:53PM (#14673251)

Industrial and Residential Electricity. We learned mainly residential but our instructor wanted us to be prepared for industrial as well. In the end, I was accepted to a small college but didn't want to work a FT job and attend college so I went into the Navy instead, into the AEF (Advanced Electronics Field).

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