Puckdropper puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote:

Mark & Juanita wrote in
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Mike O. wrote:


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.


I believe every person who goes through school should have a basic
introduction to the use and safety of basic hand tools. This might be
basic hand-held power tools such as circular saws and drills.

They also need a basic introduction to cooking, such as food safety and
preparation of easy things like hamburgers, eggs, and the like.

Sounds like a decent way to spend a school year. Half the year is home
ec, the other half is shop.


Not a bad idea actually. When I was in high school, it was half a year
of "Single Survival" (the course on basic home economics for guys, but even
then they could no longer call it "Bachelor Survival") and the other half
was Driver's Ed.




Puckdropper

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