"I Am A Woodshop"

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It's sad that education has changed. It was wood and metal shop were I was taught about safety and following plans. In wood shop I built a 20" grandfather clock and a desk top pen holder, no pens for it. In metal shop I made a 14" bowie knife out of an I-beam with a cast aluminum handle. Now days theres no way the knife would fly in school. I think that the "Shop Classes" is where the kids start to learn how to make and fix things on there own so they don't have to call a service repairman to fix every little thing around the house. Hopefuly thats not the case everywhere but that's what I'm seeing and hearing.
 
Mike and his promotions are amazing! Not everyone is cut out for a college degree, nor do they need one. Glad to see a promotion to educate kids in many well paying and needed areas, not just get them to test at state levels.
 
I built a gun cabinet in woodshop. I wonder how that would go over today! In auto shop I overhauled an engine. Shop class and PE were the only classes I got A's in. I guess they were the only ones I really liked. It's a shame kids today don't have a chance to experience vocational training in High School today. Not everyone is cut out for college and sitting behind a desk.
 
Rodnall said:
It's a shame kids today don't have a chance to experience vocational training in High School today. Not everyone is cut out for college and sitting behind a desk.
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It's a shame that society thinks you have to have a college education and thousands of $$$ in debt in order to be successful. For years we have been taught to look down on the trades by society as a whole like these are the people who "weren't cut out or smart enough for college".

I work in the trades and I have two college degrees. I can tell you there are plenty of stupid people getting college degrees and some real genius people in the trades. We started telling people what they need to be in life instead of allowing people to make the choice themselves.

What about the kids who want to be in the trades?
 
One the the smartest math people I know is a welder. It just blows my mind how he can do it on the fly, fractions and all.

He could also figure out the bullet trajectory of all sorts of caliber of bullets and gunpowder configurations.
 
If you're a sci-fi reader, you may be familiar with the old short story, "The Machine Stops", where machines take care of our every need, but when the machines start breaking down, there is nobody left that knows how to fix them. Sometimes it feels like we're heading in that direction.
 
Unfortunately, because I was a girl, I wasn't allowed (back in the late fifties) to take woodshop. FORTUNATELY I had a grandfather and father who taught me how to use tools.
 
No different here in San Antonio. A couple of schools still have trades training (the lucky ones!).
However, there are converted shop teachers that have gotten involved in drama programs and are teaching students how to build stage sets ( a trade) and it has been positive. Hope other school systems can pick up on this.
Wood shop (Mr. Woodard), machine shop, and my Grandfather's shop sure did wonders for me.
gordon
 
I seen this on facebook dedicated to the students in my home town. Its a sad situation but I'm glad to see people like Mike Rowe standing up for them. Its a shame the kids are losing something as important and influential as the trades schooling, because of school politics.
 
Aint that the truth.
Schools are fuller less teachers and they cut programs, who the heck do they think is going to educate these kids.

Lin.
 
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