• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    My non-joke answer is apprenticeship. Kids could actually learn how to do a valuable job rather than graduating from high school with almost no useful skills.

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      5 months ago

      TIL that the US doesn’t have apprenticeships. We have them over here in Australia, for the usual trades. But we also regulate a lot of those things - we’re not allowed to handle our own electrical work if we’re not trade qualified.

      How does it work in the US, if a kid wants to become, say, a plumber?

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      5 months ago

      Thats not medieval, thats everywhere exept the US of A.

      Where I live, apprenticeships are officially regulated and for many proffessions you are not allowed to open a business without proper qualification.

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      5 months ago

      Wait, you don’t it in the US ? Kids who aren’t comfortable in school start learning a trade at 14, so by the time they’re 18 they have some skills.

      I get that it’s a pitty that non everyone reads philosopher or learn about history and science, but on the other hands, some kids are really uncomortable at school, so having them working one week, and going to school one week is an alternative which pulls some student out of the failure cycle

      • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 months ago

        Education in general is quite shit in the US. Apprenticeships, contracts and unions are all things most Americans never experience.