Psychological Profiling

Based on the factual evidence to support the topic of psychological profiling, who is “fit” for Vo-tech, “In the past, I think that career technical education was for students who don’t do well in book work and need to learn hands-on” says Donald Jarvis, executive director of the Massachusetts Vocational Association. This statement says a lot, even though it is only one sentence; it is stating that Vo-tech is only for those that do not learn well through book work. However, that is wrong and should be changed because everyone learns at a different rate. Although, in some cases he is also right because everyone learns at a different pace and if you push them over their limits, they could either fail or succeed. If you push them too hard they could fail because of the stress levels, or due to all of the book work. Other times, they

For example, a student may excel in math or English, though may struggle in their shop class such as sheet metal or nurse tech. Therefore, Vo-tech schools can benefit its students by pushing them to challenge themselves unlike any non Vo-tech school could. Students are made to approach their academics from a view that is different than what they are used to, causing them to develop a different mindset and challenge themselves to learn in new way. Vo-tech schools will also benefit the student because it will prepare them for a job once they are finished high school, which is the ultimate goal of Vo-tech education. The student needing to look at their work in shop with a new perspective will better prepare them to work in the real world, and prevent them from needing to adapt to it at the degree to which they would need to if they had gone to a regular school. Overall, this new way of learning in technical high schools would benefit the student in the