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Technical education

Hi there! Today we're going to talk about technical education.

When you go to school, you learn all sorts of things like reading, writing, and math. But technical education is different - it's about learning skills that you can use to do specific jobs.

Think of it like building with LEGOs. You might learn how to build a spaceship or a castle by following the instructions. Once you know how to do it, you can use those skills to build lots of different things.

In technical education, you learn skills for specific jobs, like fixing cars or building houses. You might learn how to use tools and machines, how to read blueprints, or how to program computers.

One example of technical education is vocational school. This is a school where you can learn job-specific skills instead of just general knowledge like you would in regular school.

Technical education is important because it gives people the skills they need to do certain jobs. If someone wants to be a welder, for example, they can go to technical school to learn how to weld.

And that's what technical education is all about - learning specific skills for specific jobs, so you can go out into the world and use those skills to make a living.
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