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What are the benifits of vocational programs in K-12 Schools , academically and developmentally?

What are the benificial effects of having both vocational and academic classes available in K-12 schools ( For example having Home Economics , Gardening, Wood Shop , Arts Programs , Music Lessons Etc. as well as college preparatory academics ; Math , Science, Literature…) .
What kind of benifits are there both to the students in their everyday lifes and to the students academic works.
Statistics or just opinions are both appriciated , from both parents and students, feel free to give examples from personal experiance or make up possible out comes.

Vocational schools can lead someone to a future career that they like. Many of them are lucrative.

Learning how to do things with your hands can be exceedingly useful as a hobby and in repairing things in your home. It can also save you a great deal of money.

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