"Swingman" wrote in message
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"Mike Marlow" wrote in message

"Duane Bozarth" wrote in message

Andy Dingley wrote:

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One of the smartest comments I ever heard at school was from my
metalwork teacher. He pointed out that metalwork as a school subject
was basically pointless. Very few of us would ever handle a hacksaw
again. Of the few that went on to engineering apprentices, or
whatever, they'd be working 40 hour weeks. The couple of hours a
week
we'd spent in the workshop during all our years at school would be
outweighed in no time at all. He was right.

I disagree and think on the contrary he was totally wrong...

By this instructor's logic, most of us should not have taken Biology,
Chemistry, and in the south... English.

Both of you guys are, wrongly IMO, applying your 20th century American
values to a situation that existed in another country, at another time.

Instead of "sanctimonious" or "condescending", I'll use the word
"provincial" to describe this type of thinking .. folks from elsewhere in
this, an International forum, may not be so charitable in their thoughts.


Well, this is this century Sandman. What existed 100 years ago is hardly
relevant to the conversation at hand. Everything being discussed is being
discussed in the context of today, not 100 years ago. This was after all, a
modern day shop class we saw the pictures of.
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-Mike-