Should everyone get a college degree? Or, should more young people get a professional-technical degree? Let me tell you a story. On January 26th in the House Education Committee, Dene Thomas the president of LCSC shared with us an experience she had with one of her daughters.
The daughter said she did not want to go to college and if she was forced to go she would fail. Dr. Thomas asked, “What do you want to do?”
The daughter replied, “I want to be a dental assistant.”
So the daughter went to school, got her dental assistant certificate, worked two weeks, and then decided she wanted to go to college. She didn’t like being a slave of the doctor. Was the time spent obtaining a dental assistant certificate wasted? NO. She used her certificate to work summers and during vacations to fill in for other dental assistants, in this manner, was able to pay for her college education.
I got thinking. The state is going to require a senior project for all seniors to graduate in 2013. Maybe this requirement should be waived for anyone who gets a professional-technical certification.
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