Why would he get mad........
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 7:00 am
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Yeah, better weld some reinforcement to that clamp before you break ithomeboy wrote: - that ones pretty much maxed out.
We may have learned what that was and how to use it but todays breed of "man" can't even change a tire. I just found out the highschool I went to doesn't offer metal shop or any other trade training anymore. Us old timers are going to have to live forever otherwise there will be no one to fix broken things.AndersK wrote:NOJeff
We learned what that is and how to use it in 7th grade
That is a sad truth with very few exceptions.motox wrote:kids today don't dream about building stuff,
they dream about buying stuff.
craig
I figured I'll give you a little hope and let you know that there is a few left. I am one myself. sixteen and waiting for high school to end to go get my quick education in welding and go weld. I was fortunate enough to be able to take up to like 18 credits at my tech school. A majority of the students there are ready and willing to weld. The school just moved their manufacturing campus and is almost out of room now. The main part that provides success is the staff. The instructors are really laid back guys and make it like an actual weld shop. It's all an education problem. We've created a culture of college-get that four year degree in something and if you don't know what you want to do then still go to college and figure it out. There is no longer the sense of pride in craftsmanship. No one looks at a building and say WOW that must have been one heck of a job. I am the exact opposite in which I will stare at a buildings rafters and figure out the structure. What we have to do is talk to the youth of America. Any teachers out there whether you are a shop teacher or not need to talk about woodworking or metalworking or any other skill trade. That's where it starts.ldbtx wrote:That is a sad truth with very few exceptions.motox wrote:kids today don't dream about building stuff,
they dream about buying stuff.
craig
Larry
I used to dream about buying stuff until I built my first thing. I started when I was 17, no school, no teacher. Just got a job where I had to fix things and ended up redesigning things to make them last longer and operate better, since then. Its what I do, but now I build stuffmotox wrote:kids today don't dream about building stuff,
they dream about buying stuff.
craig
It all works together. I used to be a math teacher (still work at a school though). Even though my school is oriented towards math & science, we still try to have hands-on alternatives like the Solar Car project our students are working on. What ever you do, while you're "waiting for high school to end", do not let up on any subject, especially math or science when going into a field like welding.Farmwelding wrote:I figured I'll give you a little hope and let you know that there is a few left. I am one myself. sixteen and waiting for high school to end to go get my quick education in welding and go weld. I was fortunate enough to be able to take up to like 18 credits at my tech school. A majority of the students there are ready and willing to weld. The school just moved their manufacturing campus and is almost out of room now. The main part that provides success is the staff. The instructors are really laid back guys and make it like an actual weld shop. It's all an education problem. We've created a culture of college-get that four year degree in something and if you don't know what you want to do then still go to college and figure it out. There is no longer the sense of pride in craftsmanship. No one looks at a building and say WOW that must have been one heck of a job. I am the exact opposite in which I will stare at a buildings rafters and figure out the structure. What we have to do is talk to the youth of America. Any teachers out there whether you are a shop teacher or not need to talk about woodworking or metalworking or any other skill trade. That's where it starts.ldbtx wrote:That is a sad truth with very few exceptions.motox wrote:kids today don't dream about building stuff,
they dream about buying stuff.
craig
Larry
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Olivero wrote:I used to dream about buying stuff until I built my first thing. I started when I was 17, no school, no teacher. Just got a job where I had to fix things and ended up redesigning things to make them last longer and operate better, since then. Its what I do, but now I build stuffmotox wrote:kids today don't dream about building stuff,
they dream about buying stuff.
craig
I am the guy that would rather build it than buy it, simple because, why not?