In the school systems, across this country?
What years did they stop all the shop/home ec classes in your area?
What years did they stop all the shop/home ec classes in your area?
So what year do you think SISO began
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Where I grew up in West Alabama, the last shop class I remember actually seeing at a regular school was 1985-1986. We still had our county-wide-area technical high school but very few people took advantage of it.
About 10 years ago when I was in high school we were down to one teacher who taught all the shop classes, auto shop, wood wood shop, machining.... He was a badass teacher. When he retired they were screwed and they all shut down.
Schools here still have shop class and very active ag programs.
My county has an entire vocational tech department with its own campus and buildings. As to the home econ. part I dont know. I would only be interested it they teach the girls how to make a good sammich.
Our closest high school has shop classes, a big Ag program, JROTC and even a rifle shooting team. Sports are pushed too.
The school my daughters graduated from (9 miles away) has a very (over)active sports program. In fact, it takes priority over educational programs.
They do have an in house child care program. It's mostly used by the unwed student mothers that still attend school...
Fucked up priorities.
The school my daughters graduated from (9 miles away) has a very (over)active sports program. In fact, it takes priority over educational programs.
They do have an in house child care program. It's mostly used by the unwed student mothers that still attend school...
Fucked up priorities.
Civics is a high school social studies class here. Same when I was in high school.
They are getting stronger and stronger hands on classes, AG, metal, wood, mechanical, STEM classes here.
I know the metal shop when I was in high school in the mid 90's was shut down when someone put a chunk of magnesium in the smelter that they thought was aluminum.
I know the metal shop when I was in high school in the mid 90's was shut down when someone put a chunk of magnesium in the smelter that they thought was aluminum.
When I was going to HS in the 90s (Oregon) I took Wood Shop, Sheetmetal Fabrication, Welding, Auto Shop and Electronics. Not sure if they still do...but did 20-25 yrs ago.
We still have shop in our Highschool. My son took home economics (renames something else, but it is home econ) in middle school. The Ag program at the HS is not huge, but it is rebuilding after the primary sponsor left. The FFA program has a sporting clays team- and they are reining back to back state champions.
They said they thought it was aluminum. My guess is that he wanted to see what happened and came up with the bullshit excuse when it drew a little more attention than expected.
p.s.....I'm only guessing because I've been in that same spot
Actually I know the kid that did it, he was about as sharp as a bowling ball. Nice guy that would do anything for anybody. But just drew the short straw on intelligence. They ended up dragging the smelter out of the shop on fire with a dozer and buried it in dirt to get it controlled.
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