"We ourselves have to be more creative in fusing book and workshop for those who go to school to fashion a better life." Mike Rose in Back to School: Why everyone deserves a second chance at Education. It's a wonderful book.

Mike Rose got me excited about my passion for breaking down the divide between the trades (vocational education) and academics. The "two sides" are indeed unified by the student's need for a job. If you think about it, people go to school--not for pure education--but to prepare for work. Most of us do not have the luxury of just going to school for the sake of learning.

Contextualization is not simply a theory. It is relevance; it is engagement. It is the life or death of our institutions. Bring down the wall!

Therefore Career Technical Education is just being realistic about education. I have been doing this but I feel even more strongly about it now--I want to devote my time to bringing the book and workshop closer!