And Home Economics. Teach the kids how to run a clothes washer, fix a button, balance a checkbook, make breakfast.
As a degreed Mechanical Engineer, I'd love to get my teaching certificate and (with a little help from a certain Ape friendly stock) I could bring back the local high school Automotive Shop and give the youth some real-world skills before they turn 18.
Home Ec was useless when I was in middle school (we called it Junior High back then) or maybe it was more like our teacher was useless. We didn't do anything but sit around and talk, think we cooked 1 time. At that age I had already been cooking dinner every night and cleaning up afterwards for my family, along with all my chores on weekends. Heck I was washing dishes since I had to stand on a chair to reach the sink, every night after dinner. Any sewing I know I learned from my mom, she could put an outfit together in one evening, wake up next morning it would be hanging on my door all pressed and ready to wear. However, I've never liked to sew, but know the basics. But back then times were different.
I second your views. I took a semester of Home Economics back in the day, because I thought it was going to be an easy class. How hard could cooking be? (Helped at home every night from scratch). I learned a lot from the teach (Mrs. Brown). She taught cuts of meats, where said cuts came from and from what animal. How to use products for multi uses instead of one use (vinegar for example). She went over how to budget for a household and they how to apply that said budget to our daily lives. It was such a great class.
It would be a great thing for our (meaning country) to quit putting down vocational/trade schools. I have heard so many people talk down about trade schools. My hubby is one of the best in the state for wallcovering installation. He is a dying breed. The "union" keeps asking him to teach, but, there are some things you learn on the job, you have to do the work while being taught.
When I was in Jr high and high school I spent my study hall hours in the shop or the gym. Though my old man was a great carpenter I learned process from shop class. Add a few years of college bartending and running construction projects between classes and the result was a well educated young man. Unfortunately I didn't learn much from the actual classes and the degree I 'earned' reminded me more of the money I spent to get it, and that was the mid 90s.
I have a feeling you'd be a better shop teacher than 99% of those with degrees. It's a shame you have to have the 'privelige' of being a debt slave to do jobs that pay less than being a non-indoctrinated journeyman.
It’s amazing to think the programs I had in high school growing up.
Drivers Ed, graphic arts, wood shop, metal shop…. So many things have been taken away.
Giving huge tax incentives to corporations is part of the blame.
It's been a long time since I was in public school. Are the Shop classes gone, now? I used to love them. In fact, I still have my old wood- and metal-working projects.
A tin car that I made in Junior High metal shop over 40 years ago sits atop my dresser to this day. We even cast our own wheels for that project from molten aluminum. My favorite class ever.
Bring back wood and metal shops to junior highs and other intros like mechanics
YES!
And Home Economics. Teach the kids how to run a clothes washer, fix a button, balance a checkbook, make breakfast.
As a degreed Mechanical Engineer, I'd love to get my teaching certificate and (with a little help from a certain Ape friendly stock) I could bring back the local high school Automotive Shop and give the youth some real-world skills before they turn 18.
Home Ec was useless when I was in middle school (we called it Junior High back then) or maybe it was more like our teacher was useless. We didn't do anything but sit around and talk, think we cooked 1 time. At that age I had already been cooking dinner every night and cleaning up afterwards for my family, along with all my chores on weekends. Heck I was washing dishes since I had to stand on a chair to reach the sink, every night after dinner. Any sewing I know I learned from my mom, she could put an outfit together in one evening, wake up next morning it would be hanging on my door all pressed and ready to wear. However, I've never liked to sew, but know the basics. But back then times were different.
Wow. That's a shame. Sadly more and more public education classes nowadays are getting just as bad.
Home economics got too much of a bad rap
I second your views. I took a semester of Home Economics back in the day, because I thought it was going to be an easy class. How hard could cooking be? (Helped at home every night from scratch). I learned a lot from the teach (Mrs. Brown). She taught cuts of meats, where said cuts came from and from what animal. How to use products for multi uses instead of one use (vinegar for example). She went over how to budget for a household and they how to apply that said budget to our daily lives. It was such a great class.
It would be a great thing for our (meaning country) to quit putting down vocational/trade schools. I have heard so many people talk down about trade schools. My hubby is one of the best in the state for wallcovering installation. He is a dying breed. The "union" keeps asking him to teach, but, there are some things you learn on the job, you have to do the work while being taught.
When I was in Jr high and high school I spent my study hall hours in the shop or the gym. Though my old man was a great carpenter I learned process from shop class. Add a few years of college bartending and running construction projects between classes and the result was a well educated young man. Unfortunately I didn't learn much from the actual classes and the degree I 'earned' reminded me more of the money I spent to get it, and that was the mid 90s.
A degree was never required for shop teachers in the old days.....
I have a feeling you'd be a better shop teacher than 99% of those with degrees. It's a shame you have to have the 'privelige' of being a debt slave to do jobs that pay less than being a non-indoctrinated journeyman.
A degree is to teach at school, if u teach at your own private workshop no need degree right? But then need to recruit students
Or try to video teaching like utube and earn advertisement views
It’s amazing to think the programs I had in high school growing up. Drivers Ed, graphic arts, wood shop, metal shop…. So many things have been taken away. Giving huge tax incentives to corporations is part of the blame.
"Bring back wood and metal shops..."
It's been a long time since I was in public school. Are the Shop classes gone, now? I used to love them. In fact, I still have my old wood- and metal-working projects.
A tin car that I made in Junior High metal shop over 40 years ago sits atop my dresser to this day. We even cast our own wheels for that project from molten aluminum. My favorite class ever.