James Olson
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My H.S. had a good enough drafting program that I could major in drafting...actually, had a double major Drafting and English (even though the required English courses couldn't be counted toward my English major). I was set to continue my drafting education at the community college (when I didn't get accepted at Cornell, et.al.) but I got a draftsman job offer which I took. Later I took College Life Exp. Program (CLEP) exams to get college credit for the exp. I got working as a draftsman. Later, I took CAD courses...but I never became proficient with CAD (as my career went into politics and writing). CAD isn't all that difficult but, for me, has a steep learning curve; therefore, I'm hesitant about using track planning software. However, I found AnyRail and that seems pretty easy, pretty basic.
[Edit: I didn't know High Schools *didn't* have majors. Maybe it's because ours had 1,700+ students? We also have Advanced Placement (AP) in which qualifying students could take college level courses in high school (about 30% do). We were also allowed, in our senior year, to split our day between attending at the high school and at the local community college....but few did because the qualifications to do so were pretty tough to accomplish by 11th grade.]
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