Automation Workz set to change Student’s Career Ranking

DETROIT - Aug. 30, 2014 - PRLog -- Automation Workz is a career exploration workshop that exposes 9th - 12th graders and their parents to a fully functioning automated factory, the industrial internet and the new advanced manufacturing jobs that do not require a Bachelor’s Degree.

While education, k-12th grade, is free to all, Thomas Jefferson’s education plan is still in place where school is a competition. Thomas Jefferson in 1778 created an education plan for secondary school to groom the elite to rule the government. The elite was not determined by income or wealth, but rather by educational competition. Every student received 1^st through 4^th grade education. Supervisors selected the best for 5^th through 11^th grade. One genius from each school was selected to attend Universities. These geniuses controlled the government and industry. Everyone else went to work for these geniuses.

In essence, even today only the elite geniuses are matriculating and graduating from universities. Today only 25% of Americans have a Bachelor’s degree.

THE PROBLEM: Every good parent desires for their student to become a part of the top 25% and earn a salary of 100,000 dollars annually. Only 19.9% of Americans ever cross the $100,000 income bracket. Unfortunately, when their student does not make the cut, parents do not have  a plan B or C for their student to generate income. Students by default have become unskilled labor competing with those who have more experience for the same unskilled labor jobs.  Unemployment has spiraled out of control even though there are three million skilled labor jobs that are open. These jobs are open as parents feel their children are ‘too good’ for skilled labor jobs.

There are four career paths available for students:

Path A          Entrepreneurship

Path B          Degreed Professionals

Path C          Skilled Labor

Path D          Unskilled Labor

THE SOLUTION: Which career path a student lands in, is highly dependent upon their competition in school. Today, the battleground is MATHEMATICS. The higher the mastery of mathematics, the higher the career path choice. Mastery of mathematics illustrates a capacity for critical thinking. America’s economy is now a knowledge-based economy dependent upon critical thinkers, who invent, create and devise new services and products to sell. These critical thinkers continually increase the American standard of living.

To ensure our economic growth, states have implemented standardized exams, such as the ACT and MEAP, to determine your student’s mastery of Mathematics. The highest achievable score is 36 for the ACT and Advanced Proficiency for the MEAP.  If your high school student has not achieved 22 on the ACT Mathematics section, they are deemed not college ready. If they have not achieved Proficiency on the MEAP, they are also deemed not college ready. Yes, many students with scores below these levels will enroll and attend college. Sadly,  60% of students drop out of college every year as they were not prepared for the intense competitive pace of college. Those students land in unskilled labor jobs out of desperation, but would be perfect fit for skilled labor jobs that earn upwards to $100,000.

Automation Workz will allow families to participate in a series of interactive invention/ robotic/technology exhibits to experience advanced manufacturing skills firsthand. Families will compete in a scavenger hunt to complete the most activities. The top three families to generate the most points will win prizes.

Automation Workz will answer the question, “Which career path is appropriate for my student based on their mathematics score on the ACT or MEAP exams?” Parents can save themselves the headache of college debt and stress by encouraging their  Student to pursue advanced manufacturing skilled labor training during high school while it is FREE, in community  college or apprenticeships