I was able to find a good article about the present day wood shop and what is happening to it. Over time, the wood shop has somehow made it way out of many schools due to budget cuts and lack of interest. another reason is that in todays world most things are being ran with more technology and less hands on building or creating. The article highlights one school and talk about how it has changed as well as building something for the future that will still implement the woodworking side of things
http://www.govtech.com/e-government/Replacing-Woodshop.html?page=1
Erik, I remember when I attended school they offered the boys woodshop and the girls home economics. Acccording to the article you posted, the U.S. Department of Labor predicts the global economy will be short 15 million technical writers by 2020. It makes perfectly good sense that technology education would replace woodshop. This world has evolved into a high tech world, therfore our educational system should also evolved. And we need males and females to become proficient in math and science inorder to keep up with the fast paced of technology.
ReplyDeleteIt truly is unfortunate that people are doing less with their hands and more with technology. It doesn't mean working in business is a bad thing, it's just that so much of the work and jobs in this country are being sent out and that's why there is no need for wood shops. I was never in wood shop, but I do construction now with my brother and I'm taking business classes in school, so I do a little bit of both. It's good to diversify your abilities in life, and it gives pride to accomplish a task with your hands. Even when it comes to working on your own house, it's better to do it yourself then pay someone else.
ReplyDeleteTechnology will take over almost everything we have today. There is meaning behind doing things with their own hands, but it won't keep them up to date with the rest of the world.
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