Seeing the way we kids were treated in the 1960s and 1970s in "Apollo 10 1/2", it makes me wonder whether kids kept in safety will result in us ending up like China, with very little creativity and very few innovations. Aligning kids on just a vocational track is very narrow and may ultimately harm everything we've grown to appreciate about culture in the United States. > From: heather Howard <http://www.gmail.com/~hhoward40> > Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 10:51:24 -0700 > > Yep. > > Check out this article from The New York Times. Because I'm a subscriber, you > can read it through this gift link without a subscription. > > Colleges Should Be More Than Just Vocational Schools > > Elected officials have pushed vocational programs at the expense of the liberal > arts. That’s hurting America. > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/opinion/humanities-liberal-arts-policy-higher-education.html?unlocked_article_code=pecBZEO8yPC5NBHZSih1aEPtemSYWrBJvPUmC47556zguR11okYXOfONmczlq7_67DtY2qRi7hApkUqDbLZ1jGy0jLo2ylMp-wn8eaxJZY6SFrjt7kSZ44-rX3W7Owpeb09E7epH0AWhh2mcjGM5-5E15c1B-SC5BgrUVAtRSQfFre2_hMPcc8V6splmdJu3DPZX77W_UDz6CgajYvbM7Xf8fJha7jRkGXHQnRx7c7x0ThdenCNZWd2g31Rc647X_GVMcVCyygqVkszlzEb9JsfQaIdBVUJkcuC5g-eWFVN-1Hj2mJIGrMqIUyAmQoKYWMUQkQ1y8u-HGecS7zNh7DKJGb0aX-_I6arjQncLahMurMVquyG27Wc&smid=em-share