02-17-2015, 08:59 AM
I'm a "vocational high school" graduate myself, though when I started there it was simply named "Boys Trade High School."
In my case it was ME who decided I didn't like classroom instruction, though I seemed to be pretty good at it. I chose to transfer to the trade school after one month in the "regular" high school.
My attention span was limited, and in today's world I might have been labeled as suffering from "attention deficit disorder". In my day I was just inattentive and disruptive, and disciplined as such. Still got mostly A's and an occasional B grade.
I value that education so highly and only regret not proceeding to college now that I see how a piece of paper gets you leaps in base salary regardless of actually knowing a damned thing.
In my case it was ME who decided I didn't like classroom instruction, though I seemed to be pretty good at it. I chose to transfer to the trade school after one month in the "regular" high school.
My attention span was limited, and in today's world I might have been labeled as suffering from "attention deficit disorder". In my day I was just inattentive and disruptive, and disciplined as such. Still got mostly A's and an occasional B grade.
I value that education so highly and only regret not proceeding to college now that I see how a piece of paper gets you leaps in base salary regardless of actually knowing a damned thing.