Rising Star Dr. Britten Cole: “Why we should bring vocational skills like electrical skills, carpentry, sewing, typing back into public high schools”

…I advocate bringing vocational skills (electrical, carpentry, sewing, typing) back into public high schools. These skills once gave people opportunities to have a career out of high school, particularly those not going to college. It also set other graduates on a clear career path once they entered college. In order to learn these skills nowadays, you have to pay to go to a vocational school. Well, a lot of folks that learned these skills in high school did so because they couldn’t pay for college/higher education but now they’re being expected to take out loans to pay for these once free classes. It’s a cycle of keeping certain groups of people “down” or indebted because a large number of these kids can’t afford college nor can they afford vocational schooling. Young kids need as many different avenues as possible to become successful. Success is the gift the keeps on giving, the more successful we are as a society, the less crime, poverty, and homelessness we will have.

I had the pleasure to interview Dr. Britten Cole. Before she was an anesthesiologist, Britten was an officer in the Navy alongside Dr. Contessa Metcalfe (Married to Medicine Atlanta) who remains one of her best friends to this day. Dr. Britten is one of the breakout stars of Bravo’s newest franchise, Married to Medicine Los Angeles. She’s known for her style, composure and no drama tolerance policy. Dr. Britten is happily married to her husband, Mack Major and she’s a devoted mother to their two children, Ivy and Mack Jr. Dr. Britten also has a popular parenting…