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=A0 =A0 =A0...Jim Thompson

=A0 =A0 =A0...Jim Thompson

My rural Vermont junior high (actually a 4-room wing of the senior high) required all males to take 2 years of shop (females took home ec and helped out with hot lunch). Shop included woodworking (learned to estimate the board feet in a standing tree and and made a spice rack, a lamp, and and wobbly table), welding, auto shop (which meant helping a high schooler work on his car), plus various ag projects (driving tractors, milking cows, harvesting Christmas trees, making maple syrup). Related optional classes for both genders were Drafting, Business classes (typing, shorthand, bookkeeping) and Commercial Cooking. The shop teacher was the Vice Principal, substitute school bus driver, and Driver Ed instructor.

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Richard Henry
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"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

I don't think even you'd support your own daughters having been forced to take home ec. and missing out on the shop classes, would you? Gender discrimination here is ridiculous.

I am OK with, e.g., GPA requirements for certain classes though, just as there's usually some (really low!) GPA requirements for sports.

Of course, very few of the classes you mention above are even available anymore. Liability killed many of them, and the "everyone must go to college and become a 'professional' and not work at something as 'menial' as welding" mentality of the '80s onward killed most of the rest.

You should scan in and post your old drawings if you have'em!

---Joel

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Joel Koltner

Nope. Considering that one of my daughters is a chemist and the other is a politician.

But can anyone take "shop" in high school anymore? The "education" system seems to think everyone needs to go to college :-(

I should learn to read ahead ;-)

I think I still have them... if I can just remember where ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson

I buy a lot from Harbor Freight, especially since we got a local store.

Bear in mind: Price is their big selling point. Sometimes it is a work-in progress and you will need to rework a bit for it to meet your needs!

If you buy something like a metal lathe, a complete teardown will be worth the effort to clean up, lubricate and understand the limitations of the equipment. However, you will then understand what a bargain you have!

John Ferrell W8CCW

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John Ferrell

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