On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:10:49 -0600, Mike O. wrote:

While I never thought my three fingered shop teacher ever taught me
much that applied to the real world, I always enjoyed the classes and
it just seems to me to be something else that kids today will miss out
on.

I took metal shop, woodworking shop, and print shop. Even today, I retain
some of the ability to read mirror images :-).

In WW, I was all thumbs. Thank goodness I haven't retained that :-).

And all I can remember about metal shop was heating the
(non-electric) soldering irons in a little oven.