CB>  DJ> Heh, in our system we have a new tech-ed program that has 
CB>  DJ> replaced "shop". Projects are simulated on computers. There is 
CB>  DJ> not a saw or lathe to be found in the lab. :(
CB>  
CB> Kids need real tools to work with when at all possible--I presume 
CB> what you 
CB> describe was done to avoid lawsuit. 
    I presume it was done to cut capital costs and even teacher costs.  The 
shop machinery is _expensive_!
    I don't think contractors will take grads of such programs as seriously 
as those of "hands-on" programs like the ones a bricklayers' council and the 
schools run down here.  Contractors are just not willing to run on-the-job 
training (in actually _doing_ things) on someone's house!
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