Mike O. wrote:

On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:32:57 -0700, Mark & Juanita
wrote:

Are the classes that used to be taught in high school shops now being
taught in community and vocational tech schools?

In this area we have a lot of aircraft manufacturing. With the
support of both the community and local business there is a pretty
serious effort made toward improving vocational training related to
that type of manufacturing.

Mike O.

That is a good thing partially. One downside to waiting until that late
to introduce students to shop principles is that by that time, students are
pretty well embarked on the direction they intend to go. The advantage to
teaching at the high school and junior high level is that it gives all
students and opportunity to get some familiarity with equipment and tools.
That can develop into a life-long appreciation for the manual arts, even if
one is not making a living in that field.

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