The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-27

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l. THE PROBLEM OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
While entire system schools the United States feeling
the changing social economic conditions there
perhaps field education which confusion exists than
that relating to vocational training designated Unfortunately in
educational vocational Within the last
the either the public school system related
it, but still true that the of such schools their adaptation
the needs of their communities and the relation which they ought
to bear public school system far from being completely worked
inaugurating school system agency civilization
state has distinct objects First
develop the and the spirit the youth teach him
thus fit him citizenship This is what generally understood
az education Secondly If is the pupose of such state TO fit each
child become effective economic unit in the states life This
vocational education The state must have both ends and must
them both but it also be careful not to confuse them
possible the secondary school into
for the vocaon TO do this to abandon the CHIEF
purpose which these schools the other hand hopeless
that boy girl will look toward the vocational school
long wholly separated the
system other the vocational school must have its
growth school system which, while its main
to educate still educates its pupils into appreciation
the conditions and problems of their countryside The
elementary school must develop the sympathy of the child for the
munity which lives if hopes guide him successfully to
shall prepare useful life
muny To-day the elementary school guides him
such vocational ideal does not interest its pupils in the trades that
they about them school intended train for such trades
has connection with the school system There door
y which the bow passes easily from the one to the other is part
the difficult problem modern state both educate for life
train prducvenes develop both the general
schools citizenship series of special schools
another and yet to confuse the two
life this
relation between education and training and have tended also to make
relation of the elementary schools the trade schools difficult
of these difficulties lies in the great emphasis that has been
placed in America preparation for the particularly
the professions law medicine and engineering For these
public cags there needed not only long preliminary education
theoretical training The preparation trade
the other hand shorter preliminary education with
technical training to give skill in that trade
the United States all other countries the world lives
the trades the professions For what eat for what
with which clothed warmed depend day
by the skill and efficiency of those who into the trades So
hundreds of skilled the trades where needs
Nevertheless of the
these professions has hitherto been the
United States to obtain state appropriations for the education that
difficult schools
train for the farm for the dairy for the carpenters
bench for the mechanics lathe.
hesitation alone out of the relative of
great professions due great the economic transit
ton through which passing Only recently America
has the school been looked to for the training of
Apprenticeship the door through which the boy
formerly into trade Until recently the girl did not into the