January 22, 2007 2:39 PM

Ready for anything
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 2:39 PM

A career as a tradesman - carpenter, plumber, electrician - or as a white collar professional - business executive, lawyer, doctor. These are generally considered to be two quite different paths. Choose one or the other, and your educational course will determine which way you go - and ultimately, what you will be.

Now, however, as yesterday's Boston Globe reports, this is not exactly the case:

More vocational schools across Massachusetts are preparing their students for colleges, some as elite as MIT, shedding a long-held reputation for steering students only toward blue-collar professions.

Read the entire piece - food for thought, moms, dads - and students.