I graduated with more credits than I needed because of wood shop.
I loved it.
Mr. Whitehouse was my instructor.
He was missing several fingers, but he knew how to handle wood, the hard way.
You’d think the barista’s with gender studies degrees would get the message by now. There’s reason these people are not in STEM programs.
I never took any shop classes in high school, the emphasis in my family being on “college prep” (which I did manage to complete, after my Army hitch). It wasn’t until I got to junior college and was making my own decisions (1973) that I took a couple of auto shop classes. This was my text book–
Back in the olden days of the mid sixties it was required in our school district to take wood shop (7th grade), metal shop (8th grade) and mechanical drawing aka drafting in 9th. As an elective I took electronics in my sophomore and junior year of HS. I am happy to say that over my lifetime I have used every single one of those skills. Since I was in college prep I wasn’t permitted to take auto mechanics or auto body or I would have taken them, too. Most, if not all of these are life skills that every man should know.
I took wood shop and mechanical drawing class in high school. They have helped me more than I can acknowledge, especially the wood shop.
I remember some kids in High School brought in shotguns and refinished them in shop class. Imagine that today , a kid with a shotgun in the high school with nobody batting an eye !
Good idea, and not just for the money. An excellent book by a philosopher/motorcycle mechanic:.
https://www.amazon.com/Shop-Class-Soulcraft-Inquiry-Value/dp/0143117467
I graduated with more credits than I needed because of wood shop.
I loved it.
Mr. Whitehouse was my instructor.
He was missing several fingers, but he knew how to handle wood, the hard way.
You’d think the barista’s with gender studies degrees would get the message by now. There’s reason these people are not in STEM programs.
I never took any shop classes in high school, the emphasis in my family being on “college prep” (which I did manage to complete, after my Army hitch). It wasn’t until I got to junior college and was making my own decisions (1973) that I took a couple of auto shop classes. This was my text book–
https://a.co/d/fbPyraZ
Still have it.
Back in the olden days of the mid sixties it was required in our school district to take wood shop (7th grade), metal shop (8th grade) and mechanical drawing aka drafting in 9th. As an elective I took electronics in my sophomore and junior year of HS. I am happy to say that over my lifetime I have used every single one of those skills. Since I was in college prep I wasn’t permitted to take auto mechanics or auto body or I would have taken them, too. Most, if not all of these are life skills that every man should know.
I took wood shop and mechanical drawing class in high school. They have helped me more than I can acknowledge, especially the wood shop.
I remember some kids in High School brought in shotguns and refinished them in shop class. Imagine that today , a kid with a shotgun in the high school with nobody batting an eye !