Our local high school tech center has  a class in "construction trades"
which has a fairly decent enrollment.  They are considering adding a
masonry class but we are a bit apprehensive about getting sufficient
enrollment to make it pay even though masons get decent pay in this area.
Ruth



At 8:34 AM -0500 5/3/07, Jim Follett wrote:
Brian:



 I think that a general lack of understanding, comprehension, and interest
in the world around us is what has created so many problems for our country,



 And explains why we have problems in the trade ('s) finding good help. As
a company we offer to pay the tuition to the school at the trade
organization we belong to, as long as the student passes. As side from the
fact that a large percentage of the students don't have good basic
education coming in, they do not apply themselves, barely making it
through. They do not seem to understand that the knowledge gained will
advance their careers, and this most likely will be their career. We (those
of us in the trade) are very concerned where we are headed, and the
problems that the public is going to have due to poorly trained and
unmotivated trade's people, as I know all of you are. If you can't get them
motivated about there immediate surroundings, how are you ever going to get
them the educate themselves, and be motivated about world issues, which
have much more severe consequences?



Jim
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