I wonder how "basic" the skills he claims he needs really are.
Obviously, not basic enough for Americans but basic enough for China and other industrialized countries.
It seems like the curriculum that would teach this would have to be specifically intended to lead to that manufacturing job. (Or the student that learns those things may likely be college bound.) And if that "skills gap" was filled, there may not be time to train the student for other disciplines, leaving "skills gaps" in other areas. And what is his budget for training new hires - is expecting this to be taught at the high school level really just his way of having the government subsidize his job training?
No. Just detailed fundamentals of STEM that are taught in other industrialized countries and that we seem to have fallen behind on in America. We need to be looking at how these other countries were able to outpace us. Specialized training can happen on the job provided the fundamentals are there. Since other countries are capable of doing this, I don’t think it is too much of a stretch to expect the same from America.
It seems like a no brainer, though. Why would anyone choose this job, which may include paying for additional training due to the skills gap, which is a lower paying job that is likely to be outsourced or replaced by a computer? I've heard some ridiculous things in my time, but that's BS.
Which seems to be the prevailing attitude for a lot of things in our society. It if isn’t convenient or immediately accessible, we can’t be bothered with it. Manufacturing used to be a staple of our economy and accessible to the common man. Now, due to inferior education priorities and with education and competitiveness no longer important in this country, we are losing our staple industries to other countries.
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Date: 6/12/12 16:15 (UTC)I wonder how "basic" the skills he claims he needs really are.
Obviously, not basic enough for Americans but basic enough for China and other industrialized countries.
It seems like the curriculum that would teach this would have to be specifically intended to lead to that manufacturing job. (Or the student that learns those things may likely be college bound.) And if that "skills gap" was filled, there may not be time to train the student for other disciplines, leaving "skills gaps" in other areas. And what is his budget for training new hires - is expecting this to be taught at the high school level really just his way of having the government subsidize his job training?
No. Just detailed fundamentals of STEM that are taught in other industrialized countries and that we seem to have fallen behind on in America. We need to be looking at how these other countries were able to outpace us. Specialized training can happen on the job provided the fundamentals are there. Since other countries are capable of doing this, I don’t think it is too much of a stretch to expect the same from America.
It seems like a no brainer, though. Why would anyone choose this job, which may include paying for additional training due to the skills gap, which is a lower paying job that is likely to be outsourced or replaced by a computer? I've heard some ridiculous things in my time, but that's BS.
Which seems to be the prevailing attitude for a lot of things in our society. It if isn’t convenient or immediately accessible, we can’t be bothered with it. Manufacturing used to be a staple of our economy and accessible to the common man. Now, due to inferior education priorities and with education and competitiveness no longer important in this country, we are losing our staple industries to other countries.