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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (106310)	6/19/2005 12:56:54 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

Good point. Maybe the cost of college will be the spur to technical high schools. It can't happen too soon. I think it will solve a lot of the behavior problems we see in regular high schools. It's wrong to "criminalize" students, mostly boys, just because they don't fit the standard academic track- and I think it affects them negatively for a long time after high school, and maybe for their whole lives.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (106310)	6/19/2005 1:00:10 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

When I was camping in Oregon last weekend, I struck up a conversation with the people in the next campsite. Turned out they were from my town, and had a kid with them who is in my daughter's class. I askeed him if he was planning on attending college and he said no, planning to hire on with a friend who has a flooring business. He gave the impression he hasn't really given the idea of college serious consideration. The local community college has a number of vocational courses, from truck driving to agriculture to winemaking. They seem to be filling the role the High School should be at least trying to fill.