The Daring Dufas wrote:
Bill wrote:
It used to be that people with DIY projects would take the time to
learn how to do something (buy and read books) and would purchase the
proper tools to do the job. The thing being either you pay someone
else to do it, or you do it yourself the correct way and with the
proper tools...

These days I'm seeing a lot of people who don't even TRY to learn
about how to do something and don't want to buy the tools. They ask on
the internet and seem to want someone to do all the work for them and
tell them exactly what to do. And they think they can do ANYTHING
themselves! ("Just tell me how to fix this!")

I think this is because of all of those DIY shows on TV.

They need a new set of shows on TV which explain that some things
require learning and proper tools. Or that you need to call pro if you
are not willing to take the time to learn about something. And that
some things can take years to learn about...


When I was a kid back in the middle of the last
century, "shop" was a class taught in the schools.
I wonder if there is anything like that in schools
today?

TDD

Town I grew up in, shop class was a junior high thing, and did not teach
anything actually useful. Who has a lathe at home, or a casting furnace?
An artifact of an era when 2/3 of the HS graduates would be getting jobs
in places like that, but still taught several years too early to be useful.

I learned most of what I know about construction from hanging out on job
sites from single-digit age. First few years, pushing a broom and
wielding a scoop shovel, but still educational. Didn't even realize I
was learning, at the time. Ended up driving a desk for a living after
college, because I realized I liked having Heat and A/C, instead of
whatever mother nature provided, not to mention a regular reliable
paycheck. (Things that are rather iffy at times in the trades.) But I do
miss it sometimes, aside from the part about dealing with clueless
silly-ass customers.

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