Comments on: Crack the Books: Obama Wants Longer School Days, Shorter Summer Vacation for Students http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2009/09/28/crack-the-books-obama-wants-longer-school-days-shorter-summer-vacation-for-students/ Where it's chic to be cheap... Conservative social & political commentary, with frugality mixed in Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:31:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AFVET http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/2009/09/28/crack-the-books-obama-wants-longer-school-days-shorter-summer-vacation-for-students/comment-page-1/#comment-11731 AFVET Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:50:04 +0000 http://www.frugal-cafe.com/public_html/frugal-blog/frugal-cafe-blogzone/?p=60050#comment-11731 This is a great post ! Back in the 60"s I took algebra and trig in summer school. Bummer. I did it to qualify for electronics school, which at that time was considered dumb. "why do you want to spend your life fixing TV"s ? Not,.. the same electronics that make a TV work also enable satellites. I went on to the Air Force, and then Xerox Corporation. When I came back from the Air Force I ran into one of my instructors (electronics) and he asked me to come to the school and talk to his students because his class was eroding due to the fact that the kids had no inclination to make the effort to take the courses necessary to achieve the prerequisites to qualify for the course. I was involved in finding a job, my instructor died. I regret the timing. The electronics program was canceled due to funding and not enough interest. This is a great post !
Back in the 60″s I took algebra and trig in summer school. Bummer.
I did it to qualify for electronics school, which at that time was considered dumb.
“why do you want to spend your life fixing TV”s ?
Not,.. the same electronics that make a TV work also enable satellites.

I went on to the Air Force, and then Xerox Corporation.

When I came back from the Air Force I ran into one of my instructors (electronics) and he asked me to come to the school and talk to his students because his class was eroding due to the fact that the kids had no inclination to make the effort to take the courses necessary to achieve the prerequisites to qualify for the course.

I was involved in finding a job, my instructor died.
I regret the timing.

The electronics program was canceled due to funding and not enough interest.

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