Talk:Foundations and Assessment of Education/Edition 1/Foundations Table of Contents/Chapter 8/8.5.1

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I personally attended a vocational school for sewing. When I was in school I didn't have college prep courses. I don't see anything wrong with students attending vocational schools because it gives them a skill at which they can be good at, and not all students are interested in going to college. I know that when I was in school I was the least interested in going to college, so even if I was offered the college prep classes I doubt if I would have taken them.Msmhobbs04 (talk) 21:59, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

I believe that it would be great if students could be like the author of this article. She was able to experience both college prep and votech classes. There are many students in Southwest Virginia that attend votech classes. More than likely because they come from low income families and think they are too "dumb" to go to college. I graduated with several people who now have a job in one of the trades offered by the vocational school in our county. The LPN program has really benefited not only the students, but our area as well. It allows us to have more healthcare professionals that we dearly need. I also think that college prep courses help. They slowly open the door to what we will one day face in college. They lay a solid foundation for what is to come and help us with adjusting to more rigourous coursework. Personally speaking my college degree that I hold now has not helped me to get a job yet. However, my friend who is a LPN has been working for a couple years now, makes good money, and doesn't have the student debt that I have. So I believe that in the area I live in it is more benefical for a student to attend vocational school. Hcomb003 (talk) 00:23, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

It is interesting to find that someone was able to have both Votech and college prep classes in high school. I feel that this is awesome and should be made more available. I have witnessed family members who were discouraged by the “boredom” they felt in college prep style classes who wound up dropping out of high school while one of their siblings was afforded the oppurunity to go to technical high school and thrived. I feel that if more students were given both options we would have a much higher success rate on both ends. Students that are excited about what they are doing are more likely to continue with their education. Rcoll029 (talk) 18:10, 10 August 2009 (UTC)