Subj : smartphone for ui dif
To   : MRO
From : Accession
Date : Tue Dec 09 2025 17:02:30

Hey MRO!

On Tue, 09 Dec 2025 05:16:46 -0600, you wrote:

 > not sure. it's hard to look into such things.  you need to know someone
 > with a kid in the schools so you can find out.

My son is a high school wrestler. I meet and talk to people from all over the state. We also travel to these schools for meets, so I get to see them firsthand, sometimes.

 > i think the nicer religious private schools have more to offer.

They very well might, but when it costs almost a college tuition to send your kid to school there, you have your reason as to why they're so nice.

 > there's not enough time in the classes to teach a kid how to program or
 > anything in depth.  i think it's all fundamentals, just to get their
 > feet wet.

I don't know. My kids (and some other districts close by) have 85-90 minute classes, with only 4 classes a day (minus "homeroom" or "resource", and there are "A" and "B" days where your classes change depending on the day). The teacher teaches for probably half the class, then there's time to get your assignment(s) done, ask questions if you have them, etc. My high school transitioned into that my last year there, so around here they've been doing that for at least a couple decades already. The kids rarely ever come home with homework.

 > I know my highschool was letting us take courses at a tech college for
 > electrical/auto mechanic or whatever.  The school even covered the
 > tools.  i'm not sure if that program is still there.  i took history
 > courses and graduated almost 2 years early that way.

Yes, they do.

 > We need to do what china does and get kids into trades and current tech
 > jobs.

I agree 100%. The trades are severely lacking in numbers, which usually leads to what there is of tradesmen to have to work stupid amounts of overtime to meet the general contractors schedules. It sucks.

Regards,
Nick

.... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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