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Agree that this is a big problem. Vo-tech education should be expanded. Skilled trades can’t find enough workers, and kids with smarts & mechanical inclination are missing out on good fit careers.</p>
<p>I have nieces who cheer & always found it silly until one got scholarship money! She graduated with honors & has a well-paying nursing career. She also cheered for an NFL team for a couple years. She was an excellent gymnast & enjoyed the performing. My d always gravitated toward sports participation rather than cheering, which is my preference. (So I never had to steer her in the “right” direction.) But I do admire the elaborate, precise routines that the cheerleaders prepare for those big competitions.</p>