Originally Posted by KFWA
Originally Posted by kwg020
I worked in a high school for 6 years as an SRO. I can attest to the loss of shop classes and the pushing of college diploma's. It's been 12 years since I retired. I certainly hope the attitude has changed. I still have not seen new lathes, mills or welders show up yet. but, we do have a community college in town and it would be possible to work a deal with them, if they would.

kwg

a friend of mine who is in education and I were talking about renting out space at a local trade school and run a for profit program where anyone interested could sign up to take these two week mini classes. I thought there would be interest to charge a couple of hundred dollars and teach classes like basic welding, plumbing, carpentry, electrical work, roofing, basic car maintenance, computer building and repair, mower maintenance - topics like that. They might be 4 - 8 classes that would be 2 hours each with hands on.

I think we ultimately decided that we'd be competing with youtube and not pull it off but I still like the idea.


Our local community college does something like that. It is not as diverse as what you are suggesting. It's mostly welding, State mandated schools and computer skills. I have done the welding class once but I want to go back an improve on my TIG skills. Unfortunately, at my age it's only for my use and not for hire. But, it's out there for others who want to jump into a second career or part time gig.

kwg

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