Last night I attended a session for high school juniors and their parents concerning in state post high school options, of which Wyoming has quite a few.
I was impressed, frankly, that they work so hard on this now. When I graduated high school, in 1981, I don't recall that being the case. Perhaps, of course, I simply ignored it, but I'm pretty sure that there wasn't much of it. Indeed, I don't ever recall going to something like that, and about all I do recall is taking some sort of career aptitude test while there, and having to see my guidance counselor and obtain his signature prior to my graduating. I recall when I did that I had a hard time finding him in the office and finally had to track him down early in the morning, whereupon he signed my form without offering any advice. Frankly, I think the school system failed us in this regards.
Now they're doing well however.
And part of that doing well was the attendance, by the various community colleges and the university of the session, with each institution, plus the Electricians education program (a very good local program) all explaining what was unique about their programs and institutions.
The one thing I was disappointed to see is that the session wasn't well attended, or rather not as well attended as I would have guessed, but you can't make people come. One irritating aspect of it I've already noted, which was the recently arrived Bostonians comments on various aspects of the local post high school school options, which were offered in seeming ignorance of the history of what they were commenting upon. Their daughter sat stoned faced through the entire thing, but as kids acclimate quickly, I can pretty much guess what she was thinking.
Anyhow, nice to see this being done. Some things do indeed improve over time, and this has certainly improved vastly since 1981.
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