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goobster  ·  2920 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Looking for information on Generation X

Shop class. Wood Shop. Auto Shop. Civics. World History. Social Studies. Typing Class. Computer Class. Lab classes where things actually exploded and people got burned with toxic substances.

Shit, Music Class is history now, too.

Now kids are so dopey that can't even tell real news from fake news or advertisements.

Dammit. My rocking chair is broken again. Guess I'll order a new one on my smartphone from Amazon.... :-)





oyster  ·  2919 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Are those classes actually not offered anymore in schools you know of ? In my high school the auto shop was connected to the wood shop which was connected to the computer lab. We had a house building program and civics is a requirement. Shit in grade 8 this one girl started a fire in our science lab, and in grade 10 some guy almost burned down the auto shop. The tech hall ( where me and mine hung out ) stunk for weeks.

That surprises me but it also surprised KB to hear that I actually had a a full hand drafting course when I studied to be an Architectural Technician before I ever touched AutoCAD so maybe schools just different here.

goobster  ·  2917 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They apparently are not a part of the core curriculum any more, but the more well-funded school districts do offer them as electives for kids who are not going to college:

    “Those students not “tracked” for college; therefore we will program them into a shop class”.
user-inactivated  ·  2919 days ago  ·  link  ·  

At least once a week I have the realization that I have been 'online' for more time than many of the people now using the Internet have been alive.

We need to team up and get these damn kids off our lawns.