http://www.govtech.com/e-government/Replacing-Woodshop.html
15 Million.
That's how many people we will be short by in 2020.
We will need 15 milion more workers to handle technical issues in the projected economy. They have to come from somewhere. In almost every school in the nation, industrial arts, cooking, engineering, and economics class are being phased out. Yes, more focus is being put on the college educated worker, the one that builds up the great tower of knowledge that is america. But no matter how firm or massive or tall the tower is, it still needs a foundation. Blue-collar workers and builders are just as, if not moreso, important then those lawyers and doctors and professors who stand at the top. Who designed the skyscrapers that these people work in? Engineers and architects. Who built it? Everyday workers, who know how to work with their hands. These people didn't decide to be engineers because of science class. They didn't look out the window one day while calculating the asymtope of a curve and say 'gee, this is fun! I'm gonna be an architect.'
It was the other classes that led to the backbone of america. It was Principles of Engineering that led the little boy to one day design a skyscraper. It was home economics that made the girl become one of the greatest innovators of her age. It was cooking class that led the child to becoming the founder of the largest antihunger charity group in the world.
These things are america.
Practicality is america.
Home economics, cooking and woodshop is america. The second we get rid of these things, we shoot ourselves in the foot. America will become a obese titan that can't even brush it's teeth without help. We need these classes.
We need classes with class.
I rest my case. Ranger out.
Home Economics
Friday, June 10, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Why we need cooking class
http://publicschoolfood-q.blogspot.com/
Kids have become more and more fat. This is evidenced by the above blog. There are facts about school lunches and their link to rising obesity rates, and even one particuarly sad youtube clip that shows little kids not knowing what vegetables are. If kids were just more educated about things like this, then the health of america would rise dramatically. Instead of ordering takeout, maybe the future leaders of our country would be able to cook for themselves.
What will happen to our future? Can you imagine the scorn elected officials would face from the public if it was found they coudln't work with their hands, couldn't cook for their family, didn't know how to manage money because they never took a economics class. This will become reality, pretty soon, and the abilty to build a treehouse will be lost to most kids, just like the kid's abilty to tell the difference between a 'tomato' and 'potato' in the aforementioned video.
Kids have become more and more fat. This is evidenced by the above blog. There are facts about school lunches and their link to rising obesity rates, and even one particuarly sad youtube clip that shows little kids not knowing what vegetables are. If kids were just more educated about things like this, then the health of america would rise dramatically. Instead of ordering takeout, maybe the future leaders of our country would be able to cook for themselves.
What will happen to our future? Can you imagine the scorn elected officials would face from the public if it was found they coudln't work with their hands, couldn't cook for their family, didn't know how to manage money because they never took a economics class. This will become reality, pretty soon, and the abilty to build a treehouse will be lost to most kids, just like the kid's abilty to tell the difference between a 'tomato' and 'potato' in the aforementioned video.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Actual Classes
Over the last twenty years or so, classes have been reduced from a much wider range of options (Woodshop, Music, Home ec, ect.) to the 'core subjects' such as math and english. While I'm sure that bumps up the test scores plenty, the purpose of school is to prepare kids for life as adults. It seems much more likely that a person would need to know how to, say, build a shelf instead of being able to factor binomials, or know how to cook a healthy dinner then identify the charge of a electron.
http://www.minnpost.com/healthblog/2010/05/14/18188/schools_should_bring_back_home_economics_classes_to_help_fight_obesity_experts_argue
I agree completly with this post. The obesity rate in america is rising at the fastest rate in recorded history. One of the reasons for this is kids just don't know what's healthy for them or not. This is compounded by, as stated in the article, ' powerful forces undermining these efforts, such as the ubiquitous advertising of foods and beverages high in calories and low in nutrient content'. Knowledge is power. And the best way for children to get knowledge, is to have it taught to them in school.
Am I saying that classes such as woodshop are more important then math? No. But they deserve a spot in the curriculem just the same, for the effect they can have on the youth of america.
http://www.minnpost.com/healthblog/2010/05/14/18188/schools_should_bring_back_home_economics_classes_to_help_fight_obesity_experts_argue
I agree completly with this post. The obesity rate in america is rising at the fastest rate in recorded history. One of the reasons for this is kids just don't know what's healthy for them or not. This is compounded by, as stated in the article, ' powerful forces undermining these efforts, such as the ubiquitous advertising of foods and beverages high in calories and low in nutrient content'. Knowledge is power. And the best way for children to get knowledge, is to have it taught to them in school.
Am I saying that classes such as woodshop are more important then math? No. But they deserve a spot in the curriculem just the same, for the effect they can have on the youth of america.
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