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USE SUBJECT TO LICENSE AGREEMENT. REPRODUCTION, DISSEMINATION, STORAGE, DISTRIBUTION PROHIBITED. RY 1~RUARY 19, 2004 PAGE 7 iona I By BOB MOCO The Sentinel education, now "career and technical n," (CTE) has been long time. experience was a I took in ninth pretty" sure I had a in the eighth but darned if I can anything about it). several projects in metals was the Land making of a "cold- We first had to design before being forge and hammer Well, my drawing bad, but my skills at something to be My end product more like one of those they used to put together with in rather than a chisel that is to be used for chiseling. Of memorial note in this class was the one or two swats I received for "misguided" behavior. Mr. Hubbard, the metals teacher, had forearms as big as my thighs and a paddle with holes about three feet long (well, it looked like three feet to me then). Any breech of shop safety (his definition -- ours, he was in a bad mood) was dealt with a swat. My next encounter with a vocational class was electron- ics in the tenth grade. Mr. DeLong was the complete opposite of Mr. Hubbard. His demeanor and aggressiveness was akin to Mr. Rogers', of television. I really enjoyed the class although if I attempted to practice at home what I learned in class, I certainly would have become a street or foster child (read: I was dan- gerous when around electrici- ty). I learned Ohm's Law and a few other neat things of which I remember nothing. So, electronics wasn't my forte either. In eleventh grade, I had the opportunity to take auto shop. Aren't all males at that age supposed to be interested in cars? I was, but only for trans- portation purposes (and did it have a large back seat?). Without going into great detail, I defi- nitely was not at that time in my life mechanically inclined (although today I can put together a TV stand and even follow the directions!). In fact, I used to ovm a VW bus and VW bug and do repair work using the Idiot's Guide for repairing VW's. I shouldn't for- get typing. Strangely, I did OK in that and didn't get my fin- gers entangled too much in the keys. Fate would have it that the first couple of years as a teacher at GHS, I taught typing using the same manual Olivet/is I learned on. (I think most of them from GHS are now used as sturgeon buoy anchors.) Before wrap- ping up this article and mak- ing my point, I must mention chemistry. I was so inept at lighting a Bunsen burner (I blame it on the strikers we used), that the teacher and class would move to the other end of the classroom while I was trying to light that blasted thing! What does vocational edu- cation mean to me? My expe- riences in high school educat- ed me to the reality that I did not have the ability to do any hands-on work whatsoever. (though my dad was a carpen- ter, so I guess genetics aren't everything.) So what we call CTE now taught me then that I was not cut out for these types of occu- pations. But just as important were the successes of some of my fellow students in these same techni- cal courses - stu- dents who ended up taking three years of auto shop and securing good jobs after high school. Is it important for GHS to offer various types of vocational and hands-on classes? Absolutely. Along with our Career Pathway program, our mission is to expose students to as many occupational areas as possible for them to deter- mine their interests, abilities, and aptitudes. Last year, we wrote an arti- cle celebrating the 3oth year of the CRT pro- gram. This com- munity has embraced the training and exposing of our students to vari- ous occupation- al areas that we cannot possible cover on-cam- pus at GHS. Our agricultural sci- ence program (par excellence) speaks for itself. Our business education program now teaches graphic arts, produces the school newspaper and yearbook, cer- tifies students in different lev- els of Microsoft Training, and has produced, what I feel, is an unusually high number of CPAs due to their exposure of accounting principals in our accounting class. What does vocational edu- cation mean to me? Here are some comments taken from a narrative two of our students had to write in competing for the WAVE Award (Washington Award for Vocational Excellence). Our candidate will be competing against other candidates in the 15th legislative district (only three per district can win) for a fee and tuition waiver for two years at any public college or university in Washington. "Public speaking, project organization, marketing, sales, bookkeeping, interper- sonal relations, and the busi- ness competitions at the state/national levels, are just a few learned skills developed while involved . . . This important vocational educa- tion I have received at the high school level has certainly given me an advantage over other students that may begin to learn those skill during their college years." "To me vocational educa- tion has meant a lot in the sense of my future. The skills I have gained from this pro- gram have not only given me a wider range of knowledge but a knowledge that has proven useful outside of the class- room. This knowledge has been my link to numerous opportunities and my future career plans." A |oo, k at some of the r -- 10 rs and in News. |IBECKYto TheBAREsenfinel a comprehensive career guid- The CAPS advisor is ve,ry ten years ance experience, monitor stu- important to the students ago of pro- (~ ~ ~1~ IP~ ~01 LS, dent progress throughout day-to-day school experience, viding accu- (~r~4' L ~f¢:~=~_____~ _ been more than lo high school, and provide It sa return to the homeroo,m rate and up-I/~ f~ People. 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