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[Andrew Vida]

Larry Brown wrote:
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> Instead we barely teach the three R's and have closed most voc/tech 
> programs in schools. I had shops in Jr. High, 6 - 9th grade and in High 
> school.

	And bear in mind that the 3Rs were once the 4Rs.  The most important R, 
by FAR, was dropped.  Guess which one that was.  I know a few of the 
folks already know this, but most don't.

> My son now 17 and just graduated from HS has never been in one.


	!!!  I almost had a job at New Dorp back in 85.  There were still shops 
there in those days.

	NY state eagerly gutted their practical arts programs during 81-84 when 
they replaced industrial arts and home economics with "technology 
education", which is an utter and unmitigated sham.

	Oddly enough, certain schools like Brooklyn Tech have seen some 
backlash by reintroducing practical shop practices in some classes. 
Technology education sucks unwashed ass.  It isn't even a joke.

> They don't even teach the computer engineering, although the computers 
> are there and the kids are playing solitare.

	Well, according to the folks who pushed teched, all the students would 
graduate as technical geniuses.  It hasn't happened.  It hasn't come close.