Going to a four-year college can be very beneficial, but sometimes college isn’t cut out for some students. Some students can not focus in a classroom environment. Students that go to college sometimes end up being underemployed or unemployed if they can not find a job in their degree. If they can not find a job in their degree of work then they are stuck with a huge debt to pay. Students in Tamaqua Area High School have an opportunity in 10th grade to go to a Vocational Technical school called Vo-tech. Vo-tech offers classes for students like nursing, carpentry, mechanics, cosmetology, and many more. When you graduate Vo-tech, you graduate with a diploma and a certification of that class you took. In some cases such a beautician, you become a certified beautician and are ready to go to work. Having Vo-Tech in middle school can help students, because it gets the students interested in picking a career, it is a free program, and students can have the experience to easily get a job.
Having Vo-tech in middle school can get students interested in picking a career. If students can make up their mind on what they might want to do in the future, then it may be easier for them. "Studies …show more content…
For example, so many students are going to college and can not find a job. If they can not find a job they are left with a huge debt to pay and no way of paying it. “Almost 12 percent of Americans under age 25 are unemployed. That 's substantially higher than the overall unemployment rate of 7.8 percent, and it amounts to nearly 6.5 million young people who are neither in the workforce nor in school.” (Smith). It would make going to Vo-tech in high school an easier decision if the students knew ahead of time it was a free school so that they had no debt. Also, having taking courses at a younger grade level, you will intern have more experience than just two
Having Vo-tech in middle school can get students interested in picking a career. If students can make up their mind on what they might want to do in the future, then it may be easier for them. "Studies …show more content…
For example, so many students are going to college and can not find a job. If they can not find a job they are left with a huge debt to pay and no way of paying it. “Almost 12 percent of Americans under age 25 are unemployed. That 's substantially higher than the overall unemployment rate of 7.8 percent, and it amounts to nearly 6.5 million young people who are neither in the workforce nor in school.” (Smith). It would make going to Vo-tech in high school an easier decision if the students knew ahead of time it was a free school so that they had no debt. Also, having taking courses at a younger grade level, you will intern have more experience than just two