this year's options for Career Day presentations at my child's high school
this year's options for Career Day presentations at my child's high school
the parantheticals are referencing teacher names to tell which room to go to for that presentation – left in a couple so you could appreciate the very appropriate location for the Law Enforcement presentation
these options leave a lot to be desired and make me wonder how the fuck they recruit for them, because it doesn't seem like there's much effort to get a wide breadth of interests and options.
Law Enforcement (White)
Don't even have to come up with a joke
that punchline to the bleakness of the career options was the entire reason for making the post
reasonable people would say it was silly to the point of caricature to make your fictional teacher cheerleading the fascist police state to be named after the definitional characteristic that made them safe from the repercussions of said fascist police state, but here we are
Not one science or medicine related career. Lmao. The west is going to to be left behind.
this was why my kid brought it up to me – so disappointing
Excuse me, sweaty, that's what "Natural Resource Careers" involve.
Did you know that out of all bachelor's degrees, Petroleum Engineers are among the top 3 highest-paying careers straight out of college?
as a current engineering student here, i fucking hate that thanks so much :)
I like how "Information Technology and Careers" is lumped into one group, but "sports coaching / professional athlete" and "sports officiating" have their own sections.
it's truly ridiculous
the fact that this shit flies year-to-year is evidence of how few parents are actually paying attention, which is absolutely a symptom of capitalism – nobody has time to give a fuck about how their kids are being indoctrinated
My career isn't on there, I couldn't even smash it into one of the categories. Do you have to be represented on the list to be invited?
drone pilot
fr fr
like, there's so much that is missing from this list, but we have Military plus Drone Pilot, like those are actually separate things
it's just so bleak, the difference between what they're telling kids now about their future versus what I was told in the late 90s is just wild. "learn to oppress, or else" seems to be the sum of it
What flyover state is this from?
No manufacturing
No traditional trades (plumbing, electrical, carpentry)
No metal working trades
No repair or automation
No even anything CLOSE to automotive related jobs
✨Ohio✨
What the fuck is a flyover state?
Not New York or California
Non-meme answer: states in the middle of the country where there's not much to differentiate them to the point where people don't bother touching down. If you were going from Seattle to Miami, you'd probably want to get off the plane and get on a connection flight in Las Vegas. Or take a route that sends you through LA. But you would want to fly right over Utah, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Hence the term "flyover state."
The most exciting thing in Salt Lake City is probably the replica built in 1994 of the McDonald's Trump visited earlier this week.
Child Care Teachers (Thompson)
Fitting since they want to arm teachers now.
Are those all the options? It seems to be alphabetical. Does it just start with Heavy Equipment Operator?
It might start a little before Broadband and 5G Careers from the title image, but it looks like that's possibly the entire list.
SAD
Wow that is incredible. Really aiming high for the future generations.
the title image is the beginning of the list
I asked my kid for what the options actually were when he told me how bummed out he was by them
once I saw them, I was similarly bummed. how terribly uninspiring.
we live near-ish to several nationally-respected universities, they could have had speakers about so much more interesting shit
guaranteed that the people who facilitate this thing every year are barely paid enough to give a fuck, I don't hate them for not hunting down people from outside our county to inspire our kids. I hate capitalism for making the educational system be set up in such a way that the person in charge of this shit just takes whatever is easiest instead of trying to offer a range of options.
sorry, maybe you can't see the initial image I posted
these plus the others are all the options