[TheForge] Industrial arts (long and boring response)

[Demon Buddha]

Roy Wilson wrote:
> 
> 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.

	This arose as result of administrators' devaluation of the
	curriculum.  They were and still are utter fools.