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Back on March 14, 2019, Deputy David Morris of the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office stated, during an active shooter training/preparedness seminar, that when we see something new, our brains try to compare it to something we’ve seen before. As an example, we tend to compare clouds to shapes of things we know. When the brain can’t attach things to items we’re familiar with — this is the reason many people freeze up and are unable to function in a foreign or emergency situation.
I believe this exacerbates the issue as kids are not familiar with the trades — but they are familiar with technology.
Andy Waldron of Keller Supply Company (a plumbing and HVAC supplier in the PNW since 1945) in Spokane recounted that when his company had a booth at a big career day in Seattle, kids bypassed it and went straight to Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. “There were lines to get to see those people. Our commercial sales manager said that we maybe got a couple [of kids] that stopped to talk to us,” Andy said.
Rotary Career Day
Currently, the best-known career day in this area is the one put on each year by the Rotary Club of Colville, supported by WSU Stevens County Extension and Tri-County Economic Development District each year. Coming from Colville, Kettle, Hunters, Northport, Cusick, Chewelah, and Selkirk schools, well over 700…
