[TheForge] Industrial arts (long and boring response)

[Roy Wilson]

On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:06:02 -0700, Demon Buddha wrote:

>stop it.  Teachers and administrators were ashamed of IA and wanted to
>rid themselves of the stigma of IA as the "dummies" classes.  That is
>so far from the truth I cannot find the words to impress you. 

	Yes and no.  The IA courses became a dumping ground for
slower students, and the curricula was dumbed down to what they
could pass.

	"Shop" classes now are a far cry from when I took them. 
Then again, when I took them, the Print Shop used hot type,
so...<G>



Roy Wilson
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