Comments on: A Crisis of Masculinity? http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/04/23/a-crisis-of-masculinity/ The View From Connecticut's Northwest Corner Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:14:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Terry http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/04/23/a-crisis-of-masculinity/#comment-16198 Terry Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:38:41 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/04/23/a-crisis-of-masculinity/#comment-16198 Fred, Correct. I think part of Paglia's point is that there probably are a lot of boys/men who would have been better suited to the vo-tech option but because of social pressures to have a white-collar career, they were steered away from working with their hands -- hence the frustration and the "crisis." Fred,
Correct. I think part of Paglia’s point is that there probably are a lot of boys/men who would have been better suited to the vo-tech option but because of social pressures to have a white-collar career, they were steered away from working with their hands — hence the frustration and the “crisis.”

]]> By: fred http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/04/23/a-crisis-of-masculinity/#comment-16188 fred Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:49:27 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/04/23/a-crisis-of-masculinity/#comment-16188 isn't this why schools have a Vocational Tech option? so that they can go and get some hand on activities in their chosen vocation.. and be with likeminded individuals instead of being mixed in with all the high school cliques? It's may not have been Cho's option... but it's as close as I can think to her assumption that thinking "high school is not for everyone"..... the one thing they teach you, that without a high school diploma, you wont go far. but with that HS diploma and 3 years experience in Auto Mechanics at Vo-Tech... you may have something. isn’t this why schools have a Vocational Tech option? so that they can go and get some hand on activities in their chosen vocation.. and be with likeminded individuals instead of being mixed in with all the high school cliques?

It’s may not have been Cho’s option… but it’s as close as I can think to her assumption that thinking “high school is not for everyone”….. the one thing they teach you, that without a high school diploma, you wont go far. but with that HS diploma and 3 years experience in Auto Mechanics at Vo-Tech… you may have something.

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