So, from your description, what did you as their uncle do to help them become mechanically literate? What did their parents do? Schools aren't the salvation for everything...they are mandated to do everything from soup to nuts...
I agree, all kids should know the basics of mechanics...I would love to see all kids have to take gun saftey and hunter's ed...I would love to have the schools do a lot more, but with the feds and their mandates, the entire focus is passing the damn tests. If that is what schools are told to do, that is what they do. It doesn't leave a lot of extra time for electives.
We, as parents need to take the time to get the knowledge to the kids...just like we need to help them learn the basics of reading and math...spend time with them, mentor them in all aspects of life. It's too bad so many of us in society are "too busy" or frankly don't care too much about spending the time needed to raise capable kids. Too many of us just say let the schools do it.
Like others have said, repair shops didn't just appear last year. There have been fix up shops since time immortal. Now, there are less and less kids growing up on the farms and learning those skills too. Times change, don't just rant, do something about it.
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