Read the excerpt from "At School."Practical job training was important. Many kids went directly from grammar school to special vocational schools sponsored by private agencies like the Children's Aid Society in New York City. The society operated separate trade schools for boys and girls. The courses offered reflected the kinds of jobs open to the students. For boys: shoemaking, printing, carpentry, sign painting, bookbinding, basketry, chair caning, janitorial work. For girls: cooking, sewing, embroidery, dressmaking, millinery, stenography, typewriting.
The excerpt compares vocational training for boys with training for girls, listing the different courses offered to each group. This is compare and contrast: it shows how the opportunities were similar in purpose but different in the kinds of jobs taught. It does not mainly describe events in time order or explain a cause and its effect.
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