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Zifnab
Aug 21, 2005

Hope Springs Eternal

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I think the schools have done a lot to alienate the trades, too. Schools used to serve as a pipeline to the trades. Shop class, automotive class, carpentry class, even electronics class. Where did they go and why? The schools used to work hand-in-hand with the trades. At some point, this alliance fell apart.

14 years ago, the high school I work at had an automotive class and a shop class. Today they teach customer service classes. What happened?

It's really hard to find a good trades teacher who knows what he's doing. When our auto guy retired we had all of two applicants, and one turned the job down when he heard the salary. The other guy was like 22 and left after a year for an industry job that paid better.

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