{"id":1498,"date":"2025-10-23T14:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2025-10-23T14:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:05:13","slug":"how-is-career-and-technical-education-like-the-state-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?p=1498","title":{"rendered":"How is Career and Technical Education Like the State Fair?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have a number of &#8220;canned&#8221; presentations in my speaking portfolio. So when I am asked to speak on a topic that is not in that portfolio, I welcome the opportunity to research and learn more about that topic. That is what happened this week when I was asked to speak to the Counseling &amp; Career Development Division of the North Carolina Association for Career and Technical Education. Their meeting in Raleigh coincided with the state fair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how is Career and Technical Education (CTE) like the state fair? After giving a brief history of the North Carolina State Fair I described how the two were similar. Some of the points I made included: <\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>They are both places of discovery<\/li>\n<li>Both expose people to new ideas and ideals<\/li>\n<li>They both include hands-on activities and learning<\/li>\n<li>They both focus on real-world experiences<\/li>\n<li>They both celebrate individual talents with blue ribbons and awards<\/li>\n<li>They connect people from all walks of life and develop community<\/li>\n<li>They can be springboards for growth and could lead to new careers<\/li>\n<li>Done properly, they both can be fun<!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The audience was surprised to learn there once were segregated state fairs in North Carolina and in other states. Thankfully, that is a thing of the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1499,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FAIR-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FAIR-3.jpg 510w, https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FAIR-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a number of &#8220;canned&#8221; presentations in my speaking portfolio. So when I am asked to speak on a topic that is not in that portfolio, I welcome the opportunity to research and learn more about that topic. That &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/?p=1498\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presentations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1500,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions\/1500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekeynotepresenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}