{"id":2718,"date":"2018-08-22T14:53:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=2718"},"modified":"2018-08-22T14:53:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:53:13","slug":"now-is-the-time-to-break-the-norms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=2718","title":{"rendered":"Now is the Time to Break the Norms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Cami Ford<\/strong><br \/>\nStockbridge HS<br \/>\n1st Place<br \/>\nDivision 4, Yearbook<br \/>\nAcademic Writing<\/p>\n<p>Teens tend to automatically think of men when any industrial or factory-type job comes to mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost people are really surprised when I tell them that I do automotive tech at Capital Area Career Center because it\u2019s different. Like, they don\u2019t expect it from a girl,\u201d Hailey Fisher 11 said. \u201cThe boys in the class do not treat me any differently; they treat me like one of the guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More and more women have been getting into industrial arts type jobs such as construction, welding and automotive according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>CACC construction technology instructor Jerry Johnson said, \u201cThis year, there are three girls in construction tech which is two more than we had last year. So, more girls are getting interested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m personally interested in this field of work,\u201d Autumn Shingledecker, a senior enrolled in the program, said. \u201cTo assume otherwise would be the opposite of normalizing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Out of 51 students who attended CACC, 20 participated in one of the four industrial arts program. According to Catalyst, a non-profit organization concerned with the inclusion of women in the workplace, women make up less than 25 percent of all industrial jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be able to have an industrial job,\u201d freshman Samantha Argento said. \u201cIt\u2019s really just not my thing.<\/p>\n<p>But for some who are ready to break the norm, going a new way works well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really fun because he lets us go on our own to let us learn that way, as long as we get our stuff done,\u201d senior Grace Schniers said of her instructor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cami Ford Stockbridge HS 1st Place Division 4, Yearbook Academic Writing Teens tend to automatically think of men when any industrial or factory-type job comes to mind. \u201cMost people are really surprised when I tell them that I do automotive tech at Capital Area Career Center because it\u2019s different. 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