Posted by Stephen Newell on September 23, 2017 at 16:21:57 from (166.137.125.48):
In Reply to: High School classes posted by 37Chief on September 23, 2017 at 16:03:11:
I took wood shop and made a career of it but the wood shop class was completely out of touch with the woodworking industry. When I got my first job I might as well have never had a woodworking class. I also took metal shop but have forgotten everything. The rest of the classes I've learned far more since I've left school than when I was there.
Today's youth is very fortunate to be able to take any trade classes in high school. It's almost unheard of anymore for a high school to have any kind of shop class. The folks which decide the curriculum seem to think this country needs only scientists so they are cramming all this technical stuff at them when only a tiny few have the aptitude for it. The overwhelming amount of math they are teaching in high schools nobody ever uses in their life. My brother who is a retired high school math teacher admits if it weren't for him having to teach it in school he would never have any use for it. I think the curriculum in high schools needs to be adjusted in tune which the majority of students can make use of it.
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