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MackenzieBarber

ProfessorHuizar

UniversityWriting

14March2017

TraditionalEducationisaThingofthePast

Traditionaleducationispartofthepast,wehave

developedashumansandoureducationshoulddevelopwithus.

Theamountofprogramsforchildrenwithlearningdisabilities

areverylimited.Manydontfocusonwhattheirfuturewill

contain.Thetransitionintotherealworldforthemonlystarts

whentheygraduate.Creatingvocationalprogramsintraditional

highschoolscanprepare/trainstudentsforareal-worldjob,

creatingabetterqualityoflife.Peopleneedtohavea

scheduleandresponsibilitytodosomethingthroughouttheir

days.Ifyouareleftwithnothingtodo,whattypeoflifeare

youreallyliving.Therearenomainvoicesonthistopic,

howevertherearecountlessschoolsinothernationsthatare

wildlysuccessful.Thereasoningandfightfortheseprograms

aredevelopedbyothercountrieswhohavethrivedusingan

adaptededucationalsystem.Theseinternationalschoolsarethe

evidenceweneedtoputasimilarsystemintoplaceherein

America.Vocationalprogramsintraditionalhighschoolsis
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essentialforawell-roundededucationforallstudents,

allowingforcertificationsandcareerrightoutofhighschool

andwhileachievingahighereducation.Studieshavebeendone

toprovehoweffectivetheseclassescanbe,evenfurthersome

schoolsalreadyhavetheseprogramsandhaveshowedpromise.

However,theseprogramsshouldbeaccessibletoallstudents

throughoutthenation.Inforeigncountries,theyhaveentire

schoolscreatedforvocationallearning.Thisisnotonlyto

enhancetheeducationalexperienceofatypicalstudent,butit

enablesstudentswithdisabilitiestolearnatradeandhavea

betterqualityoflifeaftergraduation.Theseprogramsteach

whatyouneedtoknowfortherealworld.

Thegeneralyouthhasdevelopedadisconnectwithreality.

Theychooseunrealisticgoalsthatarentachievablebythem.

Low-achievingstudentshaveafalserealitywhenconsidering

theirfutureespeciallywhenitcomestohigheducation.Without

vocationalprogramsthesestudentsgointocollegeunprepared

andnotfavoredtosucceed.Theselow-achievingstudentsgetby

inahighschoolsetting,butwillsuffergreatlyata

university.Leavingstudentstofailincollegeisawasteof

timeandresources,thesestudentsarecluelessonacareerpath

andoftengetstuckonatracktheymayhavenointerestin.
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Studentswhohavenointerestintheirmajorhaveahigher

chanceofdroppingoutorfailing.Givingthemachanceinhigh

schooltodiscoverpossibletradescanbenefitthesestudentsin

thelongrun.

Asawhole,collegeisbelievedtobethenextstepfor

everyone.Studentsareconstantlytaughttoachieveahigher

education.Thatisnotalwaysthecase,youdonotneeda

collegedegreetosupportyourself.Intradejobs,youtypically

justneedthepropertraining.Theneedforsemiprofessionalsis

constant,thereareavastnumberofjobopeningswaitingtobe

filledbypeoplewhohavethepropertraining,orwhoare

willingtobetrainedinthefield.Providingthechancetobe

trainedorcertifiedrightoutofhighschoolcanbedesirable

tostudentswhoarelookingforaneasyout,theyseethe

immediatepayoutofgettingajobversusthefouryearsthey

havetogothroughatauniversity.Theproblemwhencreating

thesecoursesthoughiscreatingacurriculumplanandfinding

instructorswillingtoteachthesetrades.

Creatinganatmosphereforstudentswhoarentcutoutfor

academiclearningimprovesthequalityofstudentslivesafter

graduation.Whetheritbelikestatedearlierlowachieving

students,orcouldpossiblehelpstudentswithlearning
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disabilities.Creatingabettereducationforstudentswith

learningdisabilitiesisessentialtoprovidingthemwithequal

opportunities.Duetohavingalearningdisabilitythese

studentshaveahardtimekeepingtheirfocusinacademicbased

courses.Theydobetterinclasstheyhaveanactualinterestin

andwontgetboredandlosefocus.Creatinganenvironment

wherestudentscanthriveiswhatschoolisallabout.Adapting

educationtofittheneedsofthestudentsisimportant.

Thesecoursesshouldntbestrictlyforlow-achieving

studentsthough.Allowingallstudentsaccesstothesecourses

inimportant.Theseprogramscanhelpstudentsfigureouta

pathwaythatwanttopursuerightafterhighschool,orevenget

ahighereducationinaftergraduation.Thesestudentscanalso

usethesecertificationsthatreceivethroughtheseprogramsto

haveastablejobtopayfortheireducation.

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WorksCited

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Jerrim,John."TheUnrealisticEducationalExpectationsofHigh

SchoolPupils:IsAmericaExceptional?"TheSociological

Quarterly55.1(2013):196-231.Web.22Feb.2017.

Karnes,Ray."ChapterVIII:TechnicalEducation."Reviewof

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