Posted by zooeyhall on December 14, 2008 at 07:41:43 from (98.135.173.64):
Has anyone noticed how so many young people today are mechanically illiterate? They don't seem to have even the most basic knowledge of how things work, how to fix things, how to use tools.
I have several nieces and nephews who are in college. The niece had a problem where her furnace humidifier was not getting water. I told her to unscrew the flare nut on the incoming water line and clean the filter out. She had NO idea or desire to even try it. She called in a furnace guy who charged her $80 for about five minutes work. My nephew had his car alternator go out. He paid $350 to have it replaced ($150 for an over-priced dealer part, and the rest labor). I told him that he could have saved 3/4 of the money by doing it himself, because it isn't rocket science to replace. And these kids are always complaining about being short of money.
As a farm kid myself, I don't think many farm kids realize how important the practical skills they learn on a farm are. I'm 53 and have been doing major repair work on my cars and tractors since I was 17. Fixing my IHC H and M from front to back. It's not always easy work and can be dirty, but Dad always insisted that we had to fix things ourselves on the farm.
I think that Shop or Mechanical Arts should be a REQUIRED course in all of our high schools. And this goes for girls as well as boys. And city kids as well as country kids.
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